I did a split first-second grade class as a first grader, then skipped into third in the fall. It was great! I did reading with the second graders. It gave more opportunity for more differentiation.

My ds-almost-7 is in a first-second split and will be again next year; all their classes are two-grade splits. Since his school ability groups independent of grade, it's worked well for him. We'll see next year, when half of his class will be younger than he...

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