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There are as many ways to structure flexible grouping as there are teachers and classrooms.
Possibilities:
- Duration:
- Can range from part of one day to an entire school year
- Subjects:
- For one or two subjects or all subjects (research suggest no more than two for most students)
- Classes:
- Within a single class, within classes at one grade level, or among classes at multiple grade levels
- Core Instruction or Supplemental:
- In place of subject-level instruction (ie. the group becomes the students' primary instruction for that subject) or in addition to the "regular" class (ie. the group is supplemental instruction)
Consider:
- The needs of the particular group of students
- Schedules
- Support of teachers, administrators and parents
- Materials available
- Groups within Groups
- Example: If students are grouped by ability for a lesson, within those groups, students can be further grouped by interest or learning style
Ideas from other teachers:
Student Inventory Resources:
Communicating with Parents (one teacher's sample newsletters):
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