Re: Looping

[shighley@aol.com]

Cari:
Our school plans to loop.  The teachers with the most concerns appear 
to be the science and social studies teachers, who have to learn a 
totally different curriculum.  For instance, a social studies teacher 
who taught US History in 8th grade for 30 years now has eastern 
hemisphere.

Our teachers are staying in the same rooms, but the question has arisen 
about sharing materials.  I know that I have purchased hundreds of 
dollars of materials with my own money, and just passing it on to 
someone else, or spending quite a bit more money on a different grade 
are not something I relish.

With teacher effectiveness so important to student achievement, it's 
sometimes stressful to develop a totally new curriculum.

Susie Highley




-----Original Message-----
From: Cari Spitz Ashford <minnashford@yahoo.com>
To: middle-lit@interversity.org
Sent: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 1:52 pm
Subject: Re: [middle-lit] Looping



I looped at a 7/8 middle school and LOVED IT.  But also, the classes 
were
combined 7th & 8th graders as well.  So I had half new kids each year.  
It was
great to have the 8th graders as models for the 7th graders.  The 
curriculum
involved an A & B year.  I especially liked the looping because it was 
so great
to see the growth that kids made.  You knew what they learned the 
previous year,
so you knew what to expect from them, and it really helped with 
building
relationships and a solid team identity.

Take Care,
Cari Ashford
Minnesota
www.undomestic.blogspot.com




----- Original Message ----
From: Maribeth Padula <marib_5040@yahoo.com>
To: middle-lit@interversity.org
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 10:30:40 AM
Subject: [middle-lit] Looping

I teach 7th grade in a small, rural school.  There is
one teacher, per subject at each grade level in our
6th-8th middle school.  The administration has been
throwing around the idea of looping at grades 7 and 8
only, and most likely for just ELA and one other
subject.  Just wondering if anyone out there has any
experience with looping?  What do you see as positives
and negatives?  What grade levels do you loop with?
What subjects loop? What do the kids think of looping?
Do you switch classrooms every other year when you
loop?  Do you use the other teacher's materials when
you switch to a new grade level and loop?  Why did
your district decide to loop?  Any feedback (positive
or negative)  would be greatly appreciated.  Thank
you, Maribeth


      
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