1. Teaching Multi-Grade Classes

2. Key Question
What are strategies that I can use to effectively teach a class with students of different ages and grade-levels?

3. Learning Objective By the end of this session, you should be able to…
Identify strategies that you can comfortably implement into your multi-grade class
Establish a systematic way to organise your students’ work (portfolio)
Create a routine so students can complete independent work on a regular basis

4. What is a Multi-Grade Class?
One classroom with students of varying ages and grade levels
Challenging
educating children who otherwise would not be able to go to school

5. Rounds of Participation
Each pupil has a two- or three-minute opportunity to express his or her point of view on a given topic while others listen.
Older students: controversial, thought- provoking topics
Younger students: simple topic
Safe participation
Holding Students accountable
Lead by older students

6. Involve Your Students Students help maintain physical space
Sense of responsibility
Students help create classroom rules
Sense of ownership

7. Group Work / Peer Teaching
Same grade levels work together
Mix age groups
Meet and work with variety of peers
Strengthen collaboration skills
Encourages more students to participate

8. Teach by subject vs by age
Content area is the same
Level of difficult of task varies
By Age-Group
Deliver lesson to one age-group/ability level
Rest of class works on Independent work

9. Self-Paced Learning Work at own pace in curriculum
Track own progress so students know where to pick up right away
Easier to manage for you
Requires a lot of work beforehand

10. Portfolio A file containing samples of student’s work and information
Help manage paperwork
Track student progress
class work, behaviour, attendance, etc.
Review portfolio twice every semester or term

11. Student-Created Questions
Have students create their own exam questions and answers based on their notes and lectures
Method of review for creators
Give these questions to their peers as a review packet
Have creators correct peer work
Add in extra of your own, if you want!

12. Exams
To reduce the amount of time it will take you to mark/provide feedback:
Short essay questions with limited space for response
Use diagrams, tables, and figures
Answer Sheet
Multiple-Choice with explanation

13. Thank You
Multi-Grade Classes