Professional Documents
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Co-Teaching
Fred Buglione
New Jersey Coali%on for Inclusive Educa%on
Christopher Shamburg
New Jersey City University
An Equal Partnership
Co-teachers are expected to share everything:
Students
Planning
Instruc%on
Assessment
What are our respec%ve ideas about classroom discipline
and grading?
How will we ensure that students see us as equals?
When will we plan together?
Developing Good
Communica*on is a Process
Chips
Say Something Now cards
Big Ques:on cards
Board
Take turns answering ques%ons and pu[ng chips on
students desks. Answer a ques%on, and if the other
player(s) says that was good, put 3 chips on desks.
Game Debrief
What topics are easy to talk about?
What topics are dicult to talk about?
What are the challenges to coteaching?
What are the opportuni%es in coteaching?
Sta*on Teaching
Sta%ons are spots in the
classroom where small
groups of students can
work on various tasks
simultaneously and then
rotate.
Station 2
Station 1
Station 3
Station 5
Station 4
Sta*on Op*ons
Can be teacher-led or student-directed, independent,
or collaborate.
Sta%ons can work at a sta%on for 8 minutes or a full
class period
Sta%ons can focus on the same topic in dierent ways
or dierent parts of a larger topic.
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5
Example:
Grade Language
Arts/ Figura*ve Language
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.4 Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language
such as metaphors and similes.
Ac*vi*es
Short readings
Web-searches or WebQuests
Small group discussions
Paper-and-pencil tasks
Hands-on ac%vi%es
Small projects
Independent or partner reading
Cartoons
Graphic Organizers
Smart Board Ac%vi%es
Technology (Kindles, Ipods,
Video-streaming, Garageband)
Listening Ac%vi%es
The End
Fred Buglione
Fredb@njcie.org
Christopher Shamburg
cshamburg@njcu.edu
New Jersey City University
www.njcie.org