Hi Wendy, This kind of "grouping" is not new. In fact, it's very old and so I'm surprised it's rearing its ugly head given all the research that has been done showing that grouping kids by ability doesn't work. Especially because even if you promise that you will change groups often, it's not likely to happen in practice: kids stay in the same group all year and sometimes throughout their entire school careers. Children, especially young children, are better served by their classroom teacher in a room with other learners who are all at different levels in their development. If you are differentiating then, I agree with you, why change the way things are? Isn't differentiating the old-new buzz word? Elisa
Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada I feel that a lot of this is just "buzz words". We should be doing it because it is the latest thing, not because we have proof that it works for or is good for kids. Wendy
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