Classroom+Follow+Up

Thanks you for participating in our lesson flexible instructional grouping!

Please click the link below to see a filled in chart of the advantages/disadvantages of flexible grouping from in-class comments and discussion.



__ Listed below are some of the comments/questions we received on student exit tickets about the lesson. Thank you for your feedback! __

- Aw shucks, excuse us while we brush our shoulders off ...
 * It seemed as though the two of you really collaborated your co-teaching model. Well thought out and effective teaching lesson. **

- Good!
 * Your lesson clarified cooperative grouping. **

- No, no, no ... thank you!
 * Your lesson deepened my understanding of flexible grouping. THANKS **

- In a nutshell, yes. Flexible grouping is used as needed and is based on either teacher perception or evidence of learning. It is a tool to utilize differentiated instruction. It is a way to provide at-level work to multiple learning levels simultaneously. Students with a strong grasp of a lesson/unit concept can be set a certain way of continuing their knowledge and growth whereas another group might benefit from more individualized instruction on the same topic.
 * So the only difference between flexible and academic grouping is that flexible grouping changes for each subject/unit whereas academic are set, like tracking? **

- We semi-stole the idea from Lori from the first lesson. Feel free to use it anytime if you felt it worked well for you!
 * Really liked the notecard idea - background knowledge and then applied to scenarios. **

- Indeed it is! Glad this came across in the lesson!
 * I learned that flexible grouping is based on individual needs. **

- It can and it can also be determined by student interest or learning styles.
 * I also learned that cooperative grouping can be random. **

- If you're happy, we're happy.
 * Flexible grouping and instruction is very useful and I'm happy to know what it really means. **