We have decided that the third graders will have English Reading every morning for an hour, whether or not they have English first thing that morning. They have been broken up into four groups according to their reading levels. Mr. Dido will have the Special Ed group, Ms. Cally the first grade group, I'll have the second grade and the on level groups and we'll go from there and see how hard we can push these kids.
It's going to mess up the scheduling a little bit, but its for the best.
We're doing something similar at my school - kids who need extra help in ELA or Math get an extra "Boost" class. The middle schoolers who need math boost get pulled out of their fine arts class; hence, I now have a music class with only 5 people in it (the other sections have 16 and 22). Messes up scheduling, yes, but hopefully they can pass the MCAS!
ReplyDeleteHee, didn't know I displayed as Mrs. Milne. It's Erin.
ReplyDeleteSo they gave MA all that funding back for extra classes? Or is this something that only your school is doing?
ReplyDeleteDuring my Senior year in college, I wrote a thesis paper on the NCLB and interviewed on of our English teachers from WRHS who explained that because their test scores were low, they qualified for monies for teachers to teach after school classes to help prepare kids for the test in a real way. The next year the school met AYP and the government pulled the funding. Hence, no classes, hence no meeting AYP.
Crazy, huh? I hope your school get to keep it up!
Hehe! And it took me a sec, but I remembered your married name!
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