In chapter nine of Meet Me in the Middle, Rick Wormeli discusses extended class periods, and what that means for your classrooms. This is also referred to as block scheduling, where students don’t have every class every day of the week, but when they do have it, it’s an extended class period. While to some, this may look like a bad thing, like can students really stay focused enough for 80 minutes, or will students absorb as much if they aren’t meeting every da. But, it has mostly proven to be a positive thing and that students actual absorb more information during extended class periods.
One thing that extended class periods allow is more wait time, which can be beneficial to students who might have been struggling with processing information in the shorter class periods. These extended class periods also are beneficial because it allows you, as the teacher, to use multiple instructional methods to help students understand the material. By using multiple instructional methods, you’re reaching out to more of your students who may benefit from multiple methods or those who just learn a different kind of way. While this may seem repetitive to some students, it will help them understand the important material and process information better.
There are plenty of other benefits to block scheduling, like having the ability to do longer lessons, or having more time in a class period for presentations or movies that you’d like to show. And students will absorb more of your lesson.
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