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Hello guys and gals!

So I teach at a charter school, and for the most part, I love it.

I teach grades 9-12, and I have 3 class periods. I have never taught so many grade levels before. my first period is a 10/11/12 split and my other classes are 9/10 split. Here is my issue: At first, I was coming up with different things for each grade level to do, but I felt unorganized, like I was going insane. I had to teach four different lessons, assign four different novels, find four different levels of grammar material, and then I discovered that many of my kids were only 9th grade level, (even my seniors) and had a hard time with things that they were supposed to have known already. At home things were a mess, I was doing school work 24-7, my husband was getting upset with me, I stopped talking to family and friends simply because there was no time. I was always lesson planning and then trying to keep straight all of my lessons that I was supposed to teaching each class. ...See More
kk get yourself a job at a public school

On 5/07/09, MC wrote: > Hello guys and gals! > > So I teach at a charter school, and for the most part, I > love it. > > I teach grades 9-12, and I have 3 class periods. I have > never taught so many grade levels before. my first period > is a 10/11/12 split and my other classes...See More
May 9, 2009
zodea How did the principal find out you had changed things?

Did you tell them?

I'd say continue to keep things as simple as possible, but put the lesson plans into different words or with different objectives for each age group.

Focus on one group on Monday, different group on Tuesday, etc. Teach one day and have two days of ...See More
May 10, 2009
Miss M I teach World History at a public magnet school. So I too have classes that are mixed. ALL classes I teach are mixed 9- 12. I treat them ALL the same. By that I mean, same lesson.

I think that is INSANE what your principal is asking of you!! NO you are NOT doing anything wrong.

What I would suggest is if he's going to insist...dif...See More
May 13, 2009
lynne/ca On 5/07/09, MC wrote: > I teach grades 9-12, and I have 3 class periods. I have > never taught so many grade levels before. my first period > is a 10/11/12 split and my other classes are 9/10 split. > Here is my issue: > At first, I was coming up with different things for each > grade level to do, but I felt unorganized, like I wa...See More
May 27, 2009
Jamie in MO I agree with the differentiated instruction proposal, and I will add that if you give the students pre-tests before you start the units, you have evidence for which students are ready for which activities and objectives.

The pre-test could be as simple as reading a short story in class and asking students to write a paragraph comparing the...See More
May 31, 2009


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