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We are a team of 9 fifth grade teachers - we currently work in 'pods' of 3 teachers. One of us teaches science, one teaches social studies, and the 3rd teaches math.

However, too many minutes are being spent in science and social studies, according to our principal.

Am interested in hearing how others departmentalize on a small basis! Thanks!
Fifth Grade Teacher/CT Forgot to mention that we each teach our own homeroom classes reading and writing!
Dec 20, 2010
Our experience Our 6th grade departmentalizes too (we're a small elementary school, so they try to make it as "middle-school" as they can within the elementary framework) and we ran into the same problem last year when we weren't, supposedly, meeting the state hours for R/LA. The solution was to shorten science and social studies to three or four days a week each...See More
Dec 26, 2010


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