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Friday, October 26, 2012

co teaching strategy

One of the co-teaching strategies that we use is differentiated teaching.  We do this during reading groups and WTW groups.  We have found that we are better able to meet the needs of our students this way because we are able to adapt the curriculum based on their needs.   With such a wide span of ability levels (our CBM scores range from 5-168) we really have to use this strategy every day.   We alternate groups based upon a weekly schedule with myself, my cooperating teacher, and an additional teacher aid.  Each group has a specific book that they are working to read and answer questions.  The books and questions vary in difficulty and the higher level group is working on written responses instead of verbal.
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  1. Suzy Kaback & FamilyOctober 27, 2012 at 4:50 AM

    I've been talking to a lot of teachers and teacher candidates lately about the "folly" of whole group instruction. Most research says that only about 10% of an instructional period should be spent doing whole group teaching. It sounds like you've arrived at that conclusion yourself, although I wonder if your percentage is 10/90? Putting students into smaller instructional groups is a lot of work--if you have 2 (or even 3!) instructors in a classroom, the job is easier, but you still have to take time to plan well.

    Here's a question: In the published material about co-teaching, the "Differentiated" teaching approach is described this way (I'm using the student teaching handbook, p8).: "This strategy provides two different approaches to teaching the same information. The learning outcome is the same for all students, however, the avenue for getting there is different." You've explained in your blog post what students do differently in each group, but I wonder how the teaching differs. What approach might you use to teach a reading skill/strategy to your small group of first graders that Kellie is not using? If you're not using different teaching approaches, then I think the co-teaching strategy you're using is "Parallel Teaching".
    I would LOVE to have you respond to this question--via the blog or email.

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