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Grades One and Two
Submitted by Jo (06-11-2012)
Hi,
I've just been informed I will be teaching a 1/2 split. I just can't seem to get my head around how to structure activities for at least the first term. I will hopefully have some assistant time but the actual day to day workings of the classroom is worrying me. Any ideas as to how to do this would be appreciated.
Jo
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I have taught a 1/2 composite for the last three years .the only lessons that were based on grade were maths and english and if you choose the phonics and letter and grammar to closely match, then no real worries and the number work to follow e.g. yr1 addition ,yr2 addition etc. I had a class group in the morning looking at sound/letter grammar....sometimes it was a revision for yr2 and a first time for yr1(I chose kids to answer questions depending on whether yr2 could help or yr1 needed to confirm ),then one class would do an activity with spelling or sound while the other stayed with me and then vice versa. The same with number. One group did a hands-on activity while I supervised the other. The BIGGEST help were activities and flashcards etc that you find here in K_3 resources......so so helpful. It really wasn't any different to having diverse groups in a straight class. HSIE and S/T were all class based.
I have taught split classes for a number of years and I tier learning experiences to meet children's developmental needs regardless of their year level. You will find that some year 1 children will be working at a higher level of development than some year 2 children. So do a whole group activity such as shared reading and then tier the learning activity in three different ways. E.g One group completes a complicated story map with 10 different sections, another group completes a story map less complicated with 5 different sections and the last group completes a basic story map. By structuring the activities in such a way you are meeting children's level of development. I find I do this when teaching a split class and also when teaching a class where everyone is in the same year of schooling.
Hey Jo,
I'm going to organise this by subject to make it easier to read :)
Writing - You could teach both years the same thing. However, obviously year 2 would be writing more longer and detailed texts and year 1 would be writing less.
Maths - You can teach the same content. For example you might do counting as a class counting from 1-100. This would cover year 1 and year 2. Then give year 1 their worksheet to go back and work with year 2 by extending their counting to 999 (obviously they don't literally count all the way but throughout the week/fortnight).
Handwriting - You have two choices here. Have one year already written on the board and model to the other year. Each day you can alternate.
The other option would be to have the same handwriting lesson but give year 2 more words to write.
Science, HSIE and Art can be the same since they are both the same stage.
Spelling - Different spelling lists. Go through year 1 first and then year 2 spelling list.
Please note this is only one way of running a composite class.
Reading - Each year will have different books. However if you find you have some students struggling in reading, you could get some of your year 2 students to work with them one on one before you come back. Get them to read aloud to them and model to them fluent oral reading.
I hope this helps in some way though Jo.
Hi Jo
I have also got a split 1/2 for the first time. I am going to structure my class in the same way. Especially for the first 4 weeks where it is mainly about assessment and setting the tone for the classroom. Team building class expectations etc. I teach sounds very quickly following a set sequence(this is great revision for twos after a long break) and then after this my expectation of the twos is different.
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