Should block scheduling be used in the 5th grade? Having a child sit for 90 minutes listening..hopefully paying attention.Will the A/B throw them off so they are confused?What are the pro’s to block scheduling? 5th graders are given PE alot throughout the week but no recess.With block scheduling..when do they have time to( regroup).If they do not have time to reorganize the thought process how can they pay attention and reduce anxiety?
Re: block scheduling
It has been proven that students do better in schools that have the normal 45 minutes than in blocks. I have never heard of elementary schools having block schedules. Of course, when the research came out, my school went to the block scheduling, go figure?
Re: block scheduling
One teacher at my daughter’s high school tried to justify 90-minute blocks and having a whole high school course crammed into one semester because it’s so much cheaper on textbooks. Great, a cut-price education. She got a really second-rate biology class and a terrible geometry class that messed up her later math progress; no high schooler can do geometry seriously for 90 minutes straight, and then remember it for seven months before touching another math class.
I am not a fan of block scheduling for any age. It is an idea with good intentions but in practice it does not serve well. Neither 5th graders nor 10th graders pay attention well for 90 minutes.