Friday, 3 November 2017

Combined Grades/Split Grades



Combined Grades




Teachers have so much planning to do when it comes to planning for a single-grade class. However, when planning for a combined grade, the planning is doubled. How do you adequately plan math lessons for two grades effectively? This is question that many seasoned teachers don't have the confidence to answer, let alone recent graduates. Where is the breakdown in education that allows teachers to feel ill-equipped when teaching split grades in math?

 After I recently polled 160 Occasional/LTO teachers, the data was clear: this is an area that needs addressing. Over 70% of the teachers polled indicated that this is an area of concern.

I am currently taking my Math Specialist AQ. During a workshop I presented, my colleagues used their expertise to create a few lessons combining lessons from various grades I hope you can utilize.

Grades 1/2-composing and decomposing numbers 

Grades 3/4 Patterning

Grades 5/6-Fractions

In addition, I have found some great resources to help you along the way that I hope you find helpful.















Hopefully one day there will be more lessons available to help teachers successfully plan their combined math lessons.

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