Hello, I think I am fortunate, in that I can create a very flexible schedule that can be changed as needed. At the end of last year the principal had each grade level team(4 teams and 265 kids, gr. 5-8) meet with her for a half day. I was involved with each session. We identified our neediest struggling readers, tried to figure out how to assign them to heterogeneous groups for the following year, and how the trimester schedules were going to look. Then I developed a schedule for each trimester for myself and the two Title I parapros to work with the identified students. In the first trimester I team taught with the sixth grade ELA teacher one period every day. I worked with a group of 5th graders one period every day in lieu of their social studies. I went into other classrooms to model/team teach with different aspects of literacy instruction. The second trimester is pretty much the same, except that I will also be working with one 7th grader every other day for 45 minutes during his 90 minute ELA class, and four students from different grades after school for 40 minutes. I administer about 50-60 DRA tests twice a year, too. We have five fifty-five minute periods a day.
I can't imagine meeting with my kids only a couple of times a week. I would think that if you could do daily six week stints, you might make more of an impact on the kids than seeing them only twice a week, especially when you figure in storm days, assemblies, holidays, etc. Good luck. Rebecca On Dec 9, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Barbara McGrew wrote: > I am interested in hearing from reading specialists who work with small > groups of children. How many days a week do you see the same group of > students and for how long? I don't feel I am able to get enough > reading in > the way it is scheduled at my school. I work with 3rd-5th grade and > some > groups I only see for 45 minutes twice a week. We have district > mandated > curriculum that the students are required to receive in their homeroom > classes. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you, > Barbara > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
