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Mar 24, 2013
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by Kathy Fitzpatrick
Jun 22, 2013
Bonjour,
I will be teaching a combined fourth/fifth grade, self- contained French immersion class this fall. The students have all been in the French immersion program since first grade. Any suggestions on how to do this? Merci, Kathy
by Catherine
Aug 30, 2013
In a multi-age classroom, would it be beneficial to have each age group work on different computer programs geared toward their specific ages? If so, what type of programs are out there for multi-age classrooms?
by teaching 2/3
Sep 15, 2013
I am currently teaching a 2/3 multiage class. It is a class composed of 2/3 3rd graders and 1/3 second graders. I have taught multiage classes in the past, and am not having any real issues with anything except math. I am getting ZERO support from my building administrator, and I am in a real pickle. My 3rd graders are almost all relatively indepen...See MoreI am currently teaching a 2/3 multiage class. It is a class composed of 2/3 3rd graders and 1/3 second graders. I have taught multiage classes in the past, and am not having any real issues with anything except math. I am getting ZERO support from my building administrator, and I am in a real pickle. My 3rd graders are almost all relatively independent workers and most are at or above grade level in math. This means I can teach a lesson and give them a task to work on during the 2nd grade lesson. Unfortunately, I have a BD student who wanders the room and bothers his classmates during this independent work time. And worse yet, my 2nd graders have NO math skills. Scratch that - 2 of them have skills so high, I am considering lumping them in with my 3rd graders and just teaching them the 3rd grade curriculum standards. The other 2nd graders literally can not even add 2+1. It is taking me over an hour to teach simple, basic lessons, like telling time on a clock (the hour hand, minute hand, and count-by-fives lesson) - and when I have carefully gone over the lesson and set them to a task, they are unable to complete the task independently. After teaching their lesson, I go back to my 3rd graders, who have more or less completed their assigned task, and we go over their work and see if there are mistakes. They ARE learning during this time; they moan and groan at their mistakes and ask me to show them WHY they were wrong. Of course, my BD student and a couple of low-achievers pay zero attention and, again, are getting little out of the lesson. Meanwhile, my 2nd graders are now sitting with their eyes glazed over staring into space because I have left (and, therefore, they cannot work, because they need me right there looking over their shoulders every minute or they cannot stick to a task). In the end, my 2nd graders are losing out BIG TIME. They are learning nothing, because I do not have the time necessary to bring them all up to grade level. I have asked my principal for help, but the only message I keep hearing there is "Teach to the common core standards" I have approached colleagues to find out if the other 2nd grade classes can take my students for just math, but one teacher flat-out refuses, and my principal said we can't 'make" other teachers do anything they don't want to do. The others teach math in spanish (my students are all English speaking) - they are willing to help, but, again, my principal has said "no." (I don't really blame my principal there - they are so low, they'd be lost getting math instruction in a foreign language - they're lost when I teach it in English!) I'm just frustrated, because my students are going to lose out, and I am not able to give them what they need, and no one is offering any assistance. In the end, I am the one ultimately responsible when they fail -- and if things keep going as they are right now, they will fail and fail miserably! There is no way I can teach them math games to play while I am teaching the other grade because they are unable to work without me, and there is no way to have parent helpers come in because we are in a school that receives almost nonexistent parental support. Any other suggestions???
by Jorge Aleman
Sep 18, 2013
ls. share! I mean well! Feedback if possible!
Hi there! I am trying to fund a DonorsChoose project that would provide my K-2 grade special education classroom with Hokki stools. Would you please take a moment a vote for my project? My kiddos and I appreciate your help!
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