Flip-Flop WORKS!!! Montie Fyfe and Sarah Luther did a Flip-Flop co-teaching approach in American History at Grand Island Senior High today. The concept was "The Progressive Era" and "Theodore Roosevelt." Even though Mrs. Luther is not a History Teacher, she is able, as the specialist, to take the content and chunk it into more digestible pieces. She starts with the students that need it broken down a little more, while Mr. Fyfe provides a bigger picture of the content. Then they "flip-flop." The students that started with the big picture and Mr. Fyfe, now get to have some good conversation with Mrs. Luther about smaller chunks of the content, while Mrs. Luther's first group is more prepared to go hear the big picture of The Progressive Era with Mr. Fyfe.
As you watch the video, you will observe that it is feasible to do this structure within the same classroom and with a group of social high school students. The first video shows the students getting into the 2 small groups for instruction (at the prompting of Mrs. Luther). And the second video shows that in spite of being in the same classroom, students were attentive and on target, paying attention to only the teacher that they were grouped with.
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