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Flexible Grouping with Learning Skills. Tracy Oliver-Gary. Before Class Starts . . . Go to the table and find your name card. What do you think of when you think of . . . . Flexible Flexible Grouping. Skills Review Teacher Led Exemplar Flexible Groups Flexible Group Activoting
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Flexible Grouping with Learning Skills Tracy Oliver-Gary
Before Class Starts . . . Go to the table and find your name card.
What do you think of when you think of . . . Flexible Flexible Grouping
Skills Review • Teacher Led Exemplar • Flexible Groups • Flexible Group Activoting • Individual Activoting
Skills Review Think-Pair-Share (with Clock Buddies) • You will describe what you know related to how you perform a specific skill. • Individually • With one of your designated Clock Buddies • As a class
Teacher Led Exemplar • The teacher will review the skill with the class by modeling how to effectively perform the skill. • The teacher may teach a next step to related to performing the skill.
Flexible Groups • Flexible grouping is when students are organized into groups according to their performance needs or learning preferences (Heacox, 2002). • Groups are not stagnant (Heacox, 2002). • Groups will have different tasks depending on student needs and preferences (Heacox, 2002).
Working in Flexible Groups • The name card you picked up as you entered the room has your group number on it. • Everyone MUST be engaged in the group and have a group role.
Working in Flexible Groups Group Roles • Facilitator: Makes sure everyone is heard and stays on task • Recorder: Takes notes on group members’ thinking • Time Keeper: Provides timing updates and alerts the teacher if the group needs more time • Errand Monitor: Gets any needed supplies and gets the teacher’s attention if the group needs assistance
Working in Flexible Groups Staying Engaged • Everyone participates. • Ask each other questions to get clarification. • Explain your thinking. • Pose questions when you are confused.
Flexible Group Activoting • Each group will work together to select the best answer related to performing the designated skill using the group’s Activote. • Groups will answer up to 5 questions.
Individual Activoting • Each student will use an Activote to select the best answer to questions related to the designated skill. • Students will answer up to 3 questions.
Reference Heacox, D. (2002). Differentiating instruction in the regular classroom: how to reach and teach all learners, grades 3 -- 12. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.