http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons GreatSchools en-us whatnow723 Well, some of the bad things about that are that the work will be different for each grade and you will have to teach seperately which could take away from ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=1#comment_244415 5100.244415 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:11:10 -0700 agoodmom My son has been in a 6th,7th,and 8th grade class for all of 7th and staarting 8th. It is a great experience and there is more help when they can ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=1#comment_244342 5100.244342 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:16:55 -0700 karcip I think that a child in a mixed grade classroom has a distinct advantage over a child who is not. The best way to solidify knowledge is by teaching is ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=1#comment_243935 5100.243935 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:24:41 -0700 sprear My son is in a Montessori school which traditionally groups 3 age/grade levels together. I would agree with cocoflower that the younger kids do learn from the older ones, and ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=1#comment_243289 5100.243289 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:01:05 -0700 ekass2000 its a good experiment and i think its worth giving it a try since you never know what can come out of it.if your child matches up that will be ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=1#comment_242469 5100.242469 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:30:28 -0700 nicknatmom I was in 2 splits as a kid and one of them was my favorite year. Meet with the teacher and make sure he/she is not overextended. If the teacher ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=2#comment_241073 5100.241073 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:50:05 -0700 cocoflower My son is now in the 6th grade this coming week,and when he did 4th /5th split I noticed he leared things easier,( not so stressed)by only asking the teacher ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=2#comment_240984 5100.240984 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:05:57 -0700 healthy11 Even in a single-age classroom, a good or bad experience really depends on the teacher's abilities. Will there be a 2nd instructor in the classroom, or an aide? I've heard ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=2#comment_238345 5100.238345 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:07:18 -0700 Sammom Mixed age classes are not new. They are used very successfully in early childhood and early elementary. One of the benefits will be the understanding your child will get from ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/237857/My-5th-grades-has-been-put-into-a-combo-class-with-4th--5th-graders-Can-anyone-give-me-proscons?cpage=2#comment_238086 5100.238086 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:06:18 -0700