The school has carved out time in the day to allow reading - support teachers to work
with small groups of students for at least 30 minutes a day.
Students in need of specific supports can be directed toward the appropriate station, and teachers are freed up to work one on one or with
small groups of students as needed.
Adding math stations to your instructional program can be an effective way of meeting diverse needs and finding the time to work with
small groups of students on targeted skills.
The learning centres facilitate group learning where teachers can share, collaborate and work closely with
smaller groups of students within the same area as up to 140 students.
These schools create focused learning environments that help
keep smaller groups of students connected with each other as well as to a smaller group of core teachers throughout the day.
Some students respond to being jollied along with lots of positive reinforcement, some are happy to perform if I am standing right beside them, some students prefer regular performance practice in front
of smaller groups of students in a workshop situation, some respond to performing with a group or another student, whilst some need to perform without an audience at all.
Students at Pangburn's school have a 50 - minute silent period during regular school hours where homework can be started, and where teachers pull individual or
small groups of students aside for tutoring, often on that night's homework.
A Classroom Edition is currently being developed for First Grade Math Games so that teachers could use Giggle Facts in a variety of ways, such as
small groups of students at math learning centers in the classroom.
The classroom is an open space that runs the length of the building wing, but is subdivided by bookshelves into workspaces
where small groups of students work with the teacher or individually with laptops.
A classroom teacher at Mitchell, along with the faculty member, designed a highly structured activity for these 25 interns to
help small groups of students read and understand the text.
Then, from 10 a.m. to noon, she
gathers small groups of students for class meetings or individual coaching — discussing strategies with a student who needs backup for his thesis statement in an essay, for example.
As you
introduce small groups of students to the computer's word processing capabilities, you might have one student in each group serve as a demonstrator as you describe the steps listed on the posters.
Aside from its stripped - down, no - frills décor (think of a Chipotle without the burritos), the lower level of Carpe Diem's brand new school building on North Meridian Street in Indianapolis looks like you'd expect a school to look: There are a handful of classrooms where teachers
lead small groups of students in projects.
For example, a teacher might present a 20 minute whole class lesson about a new skill, then have students practice prior learning individually or as teams while she works with
selected small groups of students to re-teach and practice the new skill alongside prior learning.
One DCPS official told a concerned parent in an email that a longer testing window has allowed schools to
rotate smaller groups of students through tests rather than testing everyone at the same time, «so that instruction, student services, field trips, science fairs, performances and the like can continue.»
Furthermore, this scenario provides tutors and teaching specialists with enough resources to work with
smaller groups of students during in - person sessions thus utilizing the time much more efficiently, which, ultimately leads to considerably greater learning satisfaction, and consequently enhances students» overall performance.
In those cases where small schools are not feasible, district and school leaders should break down large middle - grades schools into smaller schools or small learning communities where teams of teachers
share small groups of students (sometimes called clusters or houses).
Stations with self - guiding questions for reflection can be a great way to allow students to move through the writing process at their own pace, and the teacher can rotate through the stations,
addressing small groups of students instead of the whole class.
We know that we as adults may not be great at designing tasks that are really clear for students and assess what we want to assess, so we'd start with
small groups of students piloting our tasks and then based on their responses we get revised the tasks and re-pilot until we're happy with the tasks.
Contact small groups of students and also the whole class routinely, but know when it's time to do a behind - the - scenes intervention and email a participant directly (or even call).
We believe that, particularly in light of the growth of online and blended learning, we are living in an era in which we can feasibly redesign school around students» needs and strengths and free up teachers to teach individual and
small groups of students more often.
Because the instruction via the mini-lesson is whole group, conferences with individual learners or
small groups of students prove to be essential so that each child's needs are supported and developed.