I had the pleasure of observing Kirby Wells (special education) and Paula Poppe (language arts) using a "Flip-Flop" co-teaching model yesterday. Kirby worked with half of the class in the back of the room, reading and discussing the novel, The Great Gatsby. Paula worked with the other half of the class in the front of the room, helping them with an organizer of key events and details of the story, as well as providing an AWESOME visual of the setting of the story in order for the students to better "see" what was happening!
Paula's Visual:
This first video shows the students participating in their respective small groups.
This second video shows the students "flip-flopping" and getting into their new respective small groups for instruction. I was impressed with the lack of instructional time it took to have students gets up and move. You will also notice the the two small groups were left together in the same classroom (no one was pulled out) and students were on-task and involved.
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