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2/3 combination class

by Tammy

Jun 25, 2009

I am going to be teaching a 2/3 combination class this coming year and would love any advice from those who have done it or are currently teaching it. Each grade has their own reading and math program which I think, after reading other posts, may make it more difficult. Any suggestions will be helpful! Thank you!

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Jessica I am doing the same. This will be my first year with a 2/3 but I have taught a 3/4.

Look in to the Daily 5 for reading. It will give the kids some independent choices while you work with the other group. I did the Daily 5 this year and it worked really well. Kids would read alone, read with a partner, listen to books on tape (I also added...See More

Jun 26, 2009

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Tammy Thank you so much. This is a lot of great information. I am still in summer mode, but I really appreciate the help. Thanks again

Jul 19, 2009

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ALECIA THANK YOU !!!!THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL

On 6/26/09, Jessica wrote: > I am doing the same. This will be my first year with a 2/3 > but I have taught a 3/4. > > Look in to the Daily 5 for reading. It will give the kids > some independent choices while you work with the other group. > I did the Daily 5 this year and it worked re...See MoreTHANK YOU !!!!THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL

On 6/26/09, Jessica wrote: > I am doing the same. This will be my first year with a 2/3 > but I have taught a 3/4. > > Look in to the Daily 5 for reading. It will give the kids > some independent choices while you work with the other group. > I did the Daily 5 this year and it worked really well. > Kids would read alone, read with a partner, listen to books on > tape (I also added the computer to mine) and I would work > with groups. I never did the word study stuff with the Daily > 5, because we use a different program. If you have leveled > groups, you will probably have overlap and the kids will be in > groups based on ability and level, not on their grade. So > kids reading at a level M-N will be in a group together, > regardless of their grade. But if you have basal readers for > each grade level, then you will just have to pull one grade > and do the lesson while the other grade does their > independent reading and partner reading or books on tape. > Practice A LOT in the beginning of the year and it will pay > off, even if you get behind in your lessons at first, you > will catch up! > > In math, I have done a math workshop style. They have some > things they do each day while I do the other groups lesson, > then I switch. It moves slowly at first but as the year > progresses, they get a lot of learning in, and in my 3/4 class > we finished all the curriculum ahead of time, even though it > seemed to move slowly at first. You don't necessarily teach > each group a new lesson each day but it works out. > > For example: Divide the kids into their groups and this is > what it would look like... > > DAY ONE > > Grade 2- teach lesson A, followed by activity that you > monitor, then they do independent practice activity. When > they are done, they play a game that reviews other skills. > > Grade 3- begins doing workshop which includes problem of the > day, math fact drill (independently done or with pairs > alternating and timing one another) play a game, etc. They > have to be told what to do > > While the grade 2 kids are doing their independent activity, > you go get the grade 3 kids and review the lesson from the > day before and add to it briefly or check in and give them a > short review or something like that. Do a few problems with > them. > > DAY TWO > > Grade 3- New lesson that follows the previous lesson. They do > an activity that you monitor, followed by independent > practice and then a game when they are done. > > Grade 2- while you are doing the lesson, they do the problem > of the day (or some routine) math fact drills, games, etc. > > When grade 3 is working independently, you check in on the > grade 2's. > > I actually don't normally like this kind of thing, but I did > create worksheet packets for the kids. It was something they > could do that reinforced some skills and they really enjoyed > them. They all included riddles and things like that. They > would work on those while the other kids did their work. Not > EVERY DAY, but often enough... I also made sure that at the > beginning of the year I taught them lots of games. Sometimes > I would spend a whole period introducing 3 new games for them > to play relating to a unit and then we would rotate and play > that game in centers. That way, they would all know the > games and they could teach it to the other kids next time. > > I also suggest aligning your curriculum so that you teach > units at the same time. Even if it's out of sequence. It > doesn't make sense for the second graders to do measurement > while the 3rd graders do geometry. That way, they can play > the same games and the centers that you have out can be the > same for both groups! > > > > On 6/25/09, Tammy wrote: >> I am going to be teaching a 2/3 combination class this >> coming year and would love any advice from those who have >> done it or are currently teaching it. Each grade has their >> own reading and math program which I think, after reading >> other posts, may make it more difficult. Any suggestions >> will be helpful! Thank you! >

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