Date: April 28th, 2012 03:47 pm (UTC)From:kateshort
It depends on the school and the grades, but yes.
Some elementary schools will start moving students between teachers for different math or reading groups around grade 4, which is usually students of 9-10 years old at the beginning of the year. Some elementary schools go up to grade 5, while others go to grade 6. There are also some city schools that are K-8.
By the time kids get to middle school or jr. high grades, grades 6-8 or 7-8 and starting at age 11-12 or 12-13 at the beginning of the year, there's much more moving around. It gets students ready for moving all over the place in high school. Most middle schools will have bells, and most will have students switching around on a similar schedule, though some entire classes of students may have the same teacher for two periods in a row [a "double block"] or for several periods during the day.
With our 6th grade, we *used* to have teams, so each of 3 teachers would teach one reading and one writing/language arts class (2 pds but the same students, usually as a double block), and then one would have science, one would have social studies, and the third would have math. That kind of teaming is the definition of "middle school" vs. "Junior high" -- students grouped with the same teachers so they're easier to monitor during the transition. More recently, budget cuts have meant that our teachers may teach multiple subjects and multiple grades, so we're more like a junior high where students will have reading with one teacher and one class, and writing/lang arts with a different teacher and a completely different mix of kids.
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Date: April 28th, 2012 03:47 pm (UTC)From:Some elementary schools will start moving students between teachers for different math or reading groups around grade 4, which is usually students of 9-10 years old at the beginning of the year. Some elementary schools go up to grade 5, while others go to grade 6. There are also some city schools that are K-8.
By the time kids get to middle school or jr. high grades, grades 6-8 or 7-8 and starting at age 11-12 or 12-13 at the beginning of the year, there's much more moving around. It gets students ready for moving all over the place in high school. Most middle schools will have bells, and most will have students switching around on a similar schedule, though some entire classes of students may have the same teacher for two periods in a row [a "double block"] or for several periods during the day.
With our 6th grade, we *used* to have teams, so each of 3 teachers would teach one reading and one writing/language arts class (2 pds but the same students, usually as a double block), and then one would have science, one would have social studies, and the third would have math. That kind of teaming is the definition of "middle school" vs. "Junior high" -- students grouped with the same teachers so they're easier to monitor during the transition. More recently, budget cuts have meant that our teachers may teach multiple subjects and multiple grades, so we're more like a junior high where students will have reading with one teacher and one class, and writing/lang arts with a different teacher and a completely different mix of kids.