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Unusual Split Grade Arrangements
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Donna4
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Some legalities...
Check with your state department of ed regarding what is "legal" to do. I don't know if it's a state or federal law, but I am under the impression that there can not be more than 3 years difference in age when teaching a sped inclusion classroom. I would think the laws would apply to regular ed.
What would be the purpose of such a wide spread? Forget the 1/8...as a parent and a teacher, I would have a BIG problem with that. Even the 3/6 or 2/4. What could be gained? I know the older kids would be teased for being in a "baby" class and the younger kids would learn way more than the abc's!
I would also think it would be difficult to make sure that the standards were being met (or in Mass, the frameworks).
Hope this helps, although I didn't answer your question at all! I have never heard of "odd" combinations.
Check with your state department of ed regarding what is "legal" to do. I don't know if it's a state or federal law, but I am under the impression that there can not be more than 3 years difference in age when teaching a sped inclusion classroom. I would think the laws would apply to regular ed.
What would be the purpose of such a wide spread? Forget the 1/8...as a parent and a teacher, I would have a BIG problem with that. Even the 3/6 or 2/4. What could be gained? I know the older kids would be teased for being in a "baby" class and the younger kids would learn way more than the abc's!
I would also think it would be difficult to make sure that the standards were being met (or in Mass, the frameworks).
Hope this helps, although I didn't answer your question at all! I have never heard of "odd" combinations.
Is 4/5 unsual?
Hi, I don't know if this will help, but I am in a 4/5 split and it's the worst thing in the world. The kids hate it, and there are many more attitudes and the grades have gone down from these once great classes. Now, they are probably the worst. I would NEVER recommend something like that for any school, unless of course there were 4 in a class.
Hi, I don't know if this will help, but I am in a 4/5 split and it's the worst thing in the world. The kids hate it, and there are many more attitudes and the grades have gone down from these once great classes. Now, they are probably the worst. I would NEVER recommend something like that for any school, unless of course there were 4 in a class.
TeachingSarah
Senior Member
Unusual splits
I have actually been doing my Masters research on those types of combinations. We have a school near here that ALL the classes have unique splits. The entire school has splits such as 2/6, 3/5. There are a lot of benefits to that type of combination. It is not as hard as people think, you just find commonalities between the two grades.
The idea of these classrooms are grounded in research on child development and learning approaches that recognize that children’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional abilities will emerge on a timeline that is unique for each child and that these abilities will not always develop in the same sequence or at the same rate.
This combination has positive characteristics that relate to students' social skill development; it provides opportunities for enhancement of learning in the lower grade level group through exposure to upper grade level work, it offers reinforcement of earlier learning for upper grade level students, and it provides opportunities for children to learn through peer tutoring.
The research also shows that students in multi-grade classrooms show increased self esteem, more cooperative behavior, better attitudes toward school in general, increased pro-social (caring, tolerant, patient, supportive) behavior, enriched personal responsibility, and a decline in discipline problems.
I have been researching this for over 4 years, I envy you. I dream of teaching a class like that!!!
I have actually been doing my Masters research on those types of combinations. We have a school near here that ALL the classes have unique splits. The entire school has splits such as 2/6, 3/5. There are a lot of benefits to that type of combination. It is not as hard as people think, you just find commonalities between the two grades.
The idea of these classrooms are grounded in research on child development and learning approaches that recognize that children’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional abilities will emerge on a timeline that is unique for each child and that these abilities will not always develop in the same sequence or at the same rate.
This combination has positive characteristics that relate to students' social skill development; it provides opportunities for enhancement of learning in the lower grade level group through exposure to upper grade level work, it offers reinforcement of earlier learning for upper grade level students, and it provides opportunities for children to learn through peer tutoring.
The research also shows that students in multi-grade classrooms show increased self esteem, more cooperative behavior, better attitudes toward school in general, increased pro-social (caring, tolerant, patient, supportive) behavior, enriched personal responsibility, and a decline in discipline problems.
I have been researching this for over 4 years, I envy you. I dream of teaching a class like that!!!
TeachingSarah
Senior Member
Check this site out
http://www.mcdowellfoundation.ca/main_mcdowell/projects/research_rep/43_projectX.htm#2
I hope that link works! You have to scroll down to
THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CHANGE PROCESS - 1996/1997
http://www.mcdowellfoundation.ca/main_mcdowell/projects/research_rep/43_projectX.htm#2
I hope that link works! You have to scroll down to
THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CHANGE PROCESS - 1996/1997