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Multiage Classroom Chatboard

Everyday Math in 4/5 Multi-Age?

by Chris

Oct 7, 2010

I teach in a Multi-Age program and have moved to 4/5 this year. Our district has adopted Everyday Math and we have decided to split our classes up for math (I take the 4ths, my colleague takes the 5ths). But I'm finding that I'd prefer to have just my 4/5 kids--I have too many kids to think about now! Has anyone had any luck with teaching Everyday Math with a multi-age class and not going crazy? The units don't line up by concepts, so it seems really challenging.

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Mary I teach in a 2/3 multiage classroom. I teach both levels of math, meaning two different lessons, and my advice for you would be to stick with the way you are doing it. With teaching both levels, the noise level can be a problem for those who need a quiet time to do journal pages. I also don't have time to help those having difficulty with a concept...See More

Oct 7, 2010

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Russ Yates I agree to a point. In a multiage classroom diversity is embraced, splitting the kids up by grade level just to teach a curriculum goes contrary to this. Everyday Math is structured in such a way as to be almost impossible to teach in a multiage manner (thus I understand why you have split your kids by age for math). When our school brought on Ever...See MoreI agree to a point. In a multiage classroom diversity is embraced, splitting the kids up by grade level just to teach a curriculum goes contrary to this. Everyday Math is structured in such a way as to be almost impossible to teach in a multiage manner (thus I understand why you have split your kids by age for math). When our school brought on Everyday math I tried it for a couple of years and then went to my principal and the school board to get permission to use different curriculum materials in all the multiage classrooms. Guess what, we got that permission :-) All of the multiage teachers were happy and the students didn't get short changed on math because they had to learn what everyone else their age had to learn, regardless of their skills or place along the math continuum.

I have a webpage that explains a bit about how I teach math and how I got there. It's URL is

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I hope this helps...

On 10/07/10, Mary wrote: > I teach in a 2/3 multiage classroom. I teach both levels of > math, meaning two different lessons, and my advice for you > would be to stick with the way you are doing it. With > teaching both levels, the noise level can be a problem for > those who need a quiet time to do journal pages. I also don't > have time to help those having difficulty with a concept > because I am teaching the other grade's lesson. Another > problem is that it will take another hour out of your teaching > time. My students are missing a lot of direct instruction for > science and social studies because I am teaching 2 lessons for > math each day. On 10/07/10, Chris wrote: >> I teach in a Multi-Age program and have moved to 4/5 this >> year. Our district has adopted Everyday Math and we have >> decided to split our classes up for math (I take the 4ths, >> my colleague takes the 5ths). But I'm finding that I'd >> prefer to have just my 4/5 kids--I have too many kids to >> think about now! Has anyone had any luck with teaching >> Everyday Math with a multi-age class and not going crazy? >> The units don't line up by concepts, so it seems really >> challenging.

Nov 24, 2010

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