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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your second grader has always had 2.0, PP. Before 2.0, kids were grouped by ability and each teacher had a group of kids on the same level for the math block. So, the teacher had 15-20 kids who were all on the same level for the math block. Now, the teacher has all of the kids from her home room class (no switching), and has to rotate three or four groups on different levels through a quick group instruction. It doesn't make any sense, particularly since some grades still switch for reading if necessary (my third grader went to another class for reading bc no one else in his class was reading on his level....and a handful of other kids switched for reading as well). [/quote]
Yes, I know my 2nd grader has always had 2.0. My question was, prior to 2.0, when the entire class during math block was on the same level, how much of math block was spent on direct teacher instruction vs individual seat work, games, puzzles, etc? What I am asking, is how much difference is there in actual direct instruction time. Our school still has kids switch to other classes for reading groups, but that does not mean the teacher is providing direct instruction during the entire reading block. She works with the kids who have come to her class for 15 minutes or so, and then those kids go back to their own classrooms for the rest of reading block, and do individual or small group work. Prior to 2.o, was the teacher standing in front of the homogeneous class lecturing or leading whole class discussion for the entire math block?[/quote]

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