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[quote=Anonymous]Class sizes used to be larger but teachers just taught mostly to the whole group. There might have been reading groups but there were basal textbooks (and textbooks in general) so the teacher wasn't spending most of her day on rotating small groups and having to come up with ideas for what the other groups will be doing. We had tracking too which helped. My SIL teaches in a first grade classroom with 28 kids and she said they range from just barely reading (level A) to way above grade level. They are not allowed to regroup with the other first grade teachers. She said she has 6 reading groups and now her principal wants small group math instruction too. She spends tons of her own time and money trying to find and create activities for the other groups to do. Ridiculous waste of time IMO. Regroup the classes based on reading levels and math to cut down on the number of small groups. Give the teachers something to work with so they are spending time trying to find activities for the students to work on. My teachers had 3 reading groups and we worked on answering end of story/end of chapter questions from our basal readers while our teacher met with the other groups. [/quote]

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