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gillod
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 Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:46 am Post subject: Same lesson for 2 different grade levels? |
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So, I have this pretty great lesson for my 5th graders going on. Everyday we're making a page of a book. Today we created a character and used adjectives to describe him. It went really well and th kids seemed into. Problem was that the lesson just took an enormous amount of time to prepare- PPTs, cutting materials to size, making templates, printing worksheets, explaining the whole thing. As a result, my 4th grade lesson was kind of "Whatever".
My solution was to just do the same lesson with my 4th graders. Honestly, they're pretty much at the same skill level and it's a great lesson to introduce parts of speech, a concept that they're entirely in the dark about. My co-teacher, who spends most of our lesson on GMarket, keeps telling me, "They HAVE to be different lessons!". I know it maybe looks lazy, but I only have so many hours in a day to work on this stuff. It takes me about 3 hours to get everything together for an 80 minute lesson and then I still have to figure out what to do with my 1st and 2nd graders in the afternoon.
Anyway- Has anyone run into problems with co-teachers trying to teach the same lesson to 2 different grade levels at Winter Camp? |
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frankly speaking
Joined: 23 Oct 2005
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Use the same overall lesson it is a good activity. However, in your PPT just change the vocabulary that you want them to use. I don't think that it would take too much more time to just change the adjectives that you want them to use.
Same activity and most of the same material, but with different skill level and age appropriate vocab, should appease your coteacher and keep you from having to do 2 lessons.
I still don't understand why the push to use power point if it is the same as a lecture. If it is just typed lecture, I don't consider that multi media. |
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gillod
Joined: 02 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| frankly speaking wrote: |
Use the same overall lesson it is a good activity. However, in your PPT just change the vocabulary that you want them to use. I don't think that it would take too much more time to just change the adjectives that you want them to use.
Same activity and most of the same material, but with different skill level and age appropriate vocab, should appease your coteacher and keep you from having to do 2 lessons.
I still don't understand why the push to use power point if it is the same as a lecture. If it is just typed lecture, I don't consider that multi media. |
I find PPT really helps my kids get the drift of whatever we're doing. Like I'll put every step on the process on a different slide so that they can refer to it as we're going through it.
4th and 5th grade curriculum is literally identical in places (Same with 6th. You'll have lessons like "Is that your boat?" in 5th grade and "Whose cat is that?" in 6th, heh), so they're mostly on the same page. I'd rather focus on one great lesson than 1 good lesson and 1 iffy one. |
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DosEquisXX
Joined: 04 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| I pretty much do the same thing as FS. It's a time-saver on your part and it's easier for you to organize your lessons. |
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The Gipkik
Joined: 30 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| Tell the co-teach this: Let's try it. If it doesn't work, we'll try it your way or another way. But if it works, tell me what you think. Each class is an experiment. It becomes mundane, when you lose your passion. |
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prairiegirl81
Joined: 07 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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By all means use the same lessons!
This term my co-teacher planned our winter camps and what do you think she did? That's right, made one lesson plan for every grade - 1-6! (She also frequently uses the same lesson plans for different grades during the school year)
I'll admit using these plans can get dicey because inevitably what works for Grade 1 will not work for Grade 6 but with the grades that you mentioned I don't think this will be a problem. |
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Burndog
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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I still don't understand why the push to use power point if it is the same as a lecture. If it is just typed lecture, I don't consider that multi media. |
I know what you mean, but PPT is more than just a 'slideshow'. You can use it to make games that make the children think in a different way. Using transitions, shapes, sounds, and tables, you can create some incredibly interactive and unique games. You can add video and sound to it, which often makes very boring or dry topics just a little bit more fun and alive for the students. You can also use PPT to put the children (and you) into the lesson which gives them a bit of a chuckle and helps them to relate to the topic. It's also good with the smaller children and reading....you can focus their attention, and have them all read the same letter/word easily when you control what they see, rather than referencing some paper or a book.
To address the OP's concern...no...I've never gotten static for using the same camp with two different levels. I agree that there isn't a huge difference between the different levels, so you can re-use the same material. However, I also agree with what an earlier person said...change some of the vocab...change some of the pictures or what have you...and your teacher will probably vconsider the two lessons 'different'! Good luck...it sounds like a really good lesson! |
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