Learning+Enviroment+(Fall+2011)

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**__Student Breakdown __****Total Students: 23** **Boys: 12** **Girls: 11** **Free and Reduced Lunch: 4** **ELL Students: 2** //(only 1 receives services)// **Students Receiving Resources: 4** //(1 Crouzon Syndrome w/ hearing handicap, 2 learning delays, and 1 Asperger Syndrome)//

= Just How Do They Do It? = A.L. Lott's Elementary uses a block schedule for their Encore (special area) classes which means that the students go to Encore classes according to grade level so that teachers are free to collaborate for a "Professional Learning Community." For Example, all 5th graders attend Encore classes at the same time so that all 5th grade teachers are able to converse and plan. This, they believe, optimizes teacher planning and student learning. Their are a total of 8 fifth grade classrooms, and they all work together. Some teachers pair up to split science and social studies, and all of them rotate students for math according to student ability. This gives each student just what they need, and allows the teachers to focus on their lessons more so than if they had all subjects to teach. They also have a time towards the end of the day which they have special math groups for those who need specific help on the content being taught at the time. Obviously, because of these arrangements, all classes are on an identical daily schedule.

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