Flexible+Grouping

=Flexible Grouping =


 * Flexible grouping is the arrangement of students into a variety of groups based on student readiness, interest OR Learner Profile with the purpose of accomplishing a particular task.**
 * Throughout their lives, students will need to work alone and with others. Learners need experiences in all group types to become effective working citizens in tomorrow’s world. ** Gregory, G.H., and Chapman, C., (2007). //Differentiated instructional strategies//__.__ Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press

[|Grade 5, Macklin School example of grouping] [|Ability Grouping, Tracking and Grouping Alternatives]
 * August 29, 2011 Differentiation Jigsaw **

[|Google Docs]1 [|Google Docs]2
 * Collation of teacher experimentation with Flexible Grouping and Respectful Tasks **

**Background on Flexible Grouping** [|Grouping Practices for effective instruction] [|Article by Catherine Valentino] [|Successfully Reaching All Readers] [|Purposeful Flexible Grouping] [|Managing Flexible Groups for Literacy] [|Grouping: Debunking the Myths] [|Responsive Teaching: Flexible Groups] T[|ips on Managing Fleixible Groups]  [|flexible grouping bingo.doc] [|Flexible Grouping in the Middle School] [|Flexible Grouping - Colorado] [|Reaching all Readers Through Flexible Groups]

** Throughout their lives, students will need to work alone and with others. Learners need experiences in all group types to become effective working citizens in tomorrow’s world. **
Gregory, G.H., and Chapman, C., (2007). //Differentiated instructional strategies//__.__ Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press