Split classes?

[Anonymous]

I have a child in a DCPS 3/4 split. The teacher is only in her 2nd year of teaching and it has been a disaster. For the kids for the parents and for the teacher. If you don't have a strong the teacher the demands of differentiating and class room control can overwhelm even high level kids.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the teacher(s), the class size, and the individual students' intellectual development. For instance, dd4 attends a mixed preschool / pre-k class. She has two teachers and just nine students in the class, so the teachers can truly differentiate with regard to pace and depth of subject matter for each child. Some of the pre-k students are just beginning to read, whereas one of the preschoolers taught herself to read independently at two and is now reading chapter books at a second-grade level with good comprehension. Similarly, some of the children are at a "K" math level while others are simplifying fractions. For advanced learners at least, sometimes the labels--"pre-K", "K" etc--just don't adequately describe a child's intellectual development, and therefore to insist on rigid age grouping is not always educationally sound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a child in a DCPS 3/4 split. The teacher is only in her 2nd year of teaching and it has been a disaster. For the kids for the parents and for the teacher. If you don't have a strong the teacher the demands of differentiating and class room control can overwhelm even high level kids.

what school is this?

[Anonymous]

I attended a 3/4 split long ago. Lots of "independent" time for all the students. Wouldn't do it again or have it for my children. It's an administrative work around in all but the few schools that operate that way by design. Teachers usually not trained for this dance.

Perhaps a poll: you are offered a regular 3rd grade class for your 3rd grader, or a 2/3 split. You've been offered both, as both are typically present in a school with split class. Vote.