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Hi, All,

I am a language support provider, and I'm working at a new school. It appears that the 4th and 5th grade teachers do whole group instruction all day long, with the exception of when they have kids work with or share to a partner.

With 35 kids in each class, my belief is that this is ineffective teaching. However, I'm not a curriculum support provider, so revamping their teaching isn't my role. I don't, however, think this helps meet the needs of the English Learners at all, so it is my business.

So, my question is, do any of you do whole group all day? Why do you do it that way? Please help me to see their side of things.
Teacher On 1/28/09, TOSA/TX wrote: What would you like them to do? Us teachers are tired of the constant demands to differentiate EVERYTHING in our classroom. They have 35 kids and standards to teach, some things need to be whole group. There is nothing wrong with it, not everything in life will be small groups or changed to meet your learning needs. Now t...See More
Jan 28, 2009
BS I second that! Right on.
Jan 29, 2009
teacher2 There is no way a public school teacher with 35 students in one room can teach in small groups. If I had that many students, I too would teach whole group all day!!

On 1/28/09, TOSA/TX wrote: > Hi, All, > > I am a language support provider, and I'm working at a new > school. It appears that the 4th and 5th grade teachers do >...See More
Feb 6, 2009
paulaj On 2/06/09, teacher2 wrote: > There is no way a public school teacher with 35 students in > one room can teach in small groups. If I had that many > students, I too would teach whole group all day!!

It is possible that the teacher does pull a small group from time to time while others are doing Workshop Way, for instance. But I ag...See More
Feb 9, 2009


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