The term is flying by and it's important to reflect on the many different things that have been done and tried in our programmes. The last few weeks both Tara and I have had a lot of things going on in our personal life. It has made us very tired and stressed which has meant we have not been entirely present in the classroom. I think the fact that everything has continued to tick along nicely is a testament to the way we have set up our class routines and structures.
The students are making great progress and we are really happy with the way we adapt our programme to the different needs and challenges we have in our room. We are now doing a "literacy block" in the middle block where we split our class into two mixed ability groups. We then teach half reading and half writing, before swapping. So far, this has been really effective, as we are no longer stretched so thin in trying to teach reading and writing. It also means less down time/more teacher time for the students.
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