Re: Looping

[frstbrn24@aol.com]

I have been looping for four years now.? My students have are teamed with one set of teachers in 7th grade... and I follow them to the 8th grade as they are with another team.? (I teach Literacy)

Benefits?? I have stronger relationships with my students, with my parents... and I get to know each student's strengths, weaknesses, habits, etc.? Truly a blessing... cannot imagine not teaching this way again


Always-
Sandi 

http://www.schoolnotes.com/02889/sjacques24.html


-----Original Message-----
From: Maribeth Padula <marib_5040@yahoo.com>
To: middle-lit@interversity.org
Sent: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:30 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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