At McGregor, you will see teachers working really hard to meet the needs of all students. Some teachers are masters of learning and interest centers., especially our primary teachers. At the intermediate level, you see a lot of large group, small group and partner work. I think our Lit circles are very successful. I love the math centers that we do in our classroom. You will see a varying degree with the use of differentiated instruction. Some people are more comfortable than others. I feel like I am more in the beginning stages of doing it, but I am eager to learn more!! Mo matter which classroom you enter, you will see teachers working really hard!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Differentiated Instruction Book Study: Week of 10/10; Ch. 5 “A Look Inside Some Different...
Differentiated Instruction Book Study: Week of 10/10; Ch. 5 “A Look Inside Some Different...: Choose one question to answer from each chapter and respond to at least one other person’s answer. 1. In what ways would your classroom an..
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Michele,
ReplyDeleteI think that we provide our students every opportunity needed to gain success in the classroom. If students struggle, there are people who can take time to work one on one with those students. We also make room for our students. Differentiated instruction allows everyone from the teacher to the student to be the hero at some point in time during the course of the school year. At McGregor, I think we produce heros daily.
Michele, I would love to see your math centers! I’ll have to stop by and watch one day, if that is okay with you. Centers are a great method for meeting individual needs, although they are usually associated with younger students. I agree with you that there always seems to be a variety of instructional techniques being utilized by teachers at McGregor. Lee Ann
ReplyDeleteMy comment to Michelle is that I am with you on the beginning stages of centers. With a large class this year I need to find a way to deal with the noise. I also like the lit circles. I am able to work with a small group and give them complete attention for 30 mins. Kara
ReplyDeleteThis year, with the help of Beth Gantz, I have been able to group my students into math groups. We give the students a quick assessment of the Top 10 power indicators. The groups change week to week. The students who do well in all areas move to a more advanced concept of a particular indicator. For example, Telling time--Some students are still working on identifying the hour hand and the minute hand. The advanced students are working on elapsed time. Both groups have the opportunity to use the small clocks. At the end of math centers, we give students the assessment of the top 10. We use this to group the kids for the following week. We might find a handful of kids need to work on counting money. I will have an activity for that group the following week. I wish I could do more with reading centers. I started to make some folder centers and students can choose the ones they would like to work on. Kara
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a wonderful way to implement centers, Kara. How often do you do the math centers? I love it that you pre-assess and change your grouping every week. This sounds like flexible grouping at its best! Lee Ann
ReplyDeleteI agree with Michele, my blog buddy, that many of the primary classrooms are great at centers. Whenever I pop down to see Lindsey, (to make sure my dad is behaving), I always notice her working individually with a student, assessing, and the others are reading leveled books or working in groups with an activity.Dennine
ReplyDeleteWow! I want to congratulate Kara on finally being allowed to blog....and what a blog! Who knew that she was so on with her math!!!! Now maybe you could share some ideas with the Greatest Math teacher that 5th grade has ever had........Dasco...sorry Sarah. On a more serious note, I think that what you are doing is awesome with the math. Any ideas about reading? Dennine
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