Teaching Effectively In A Multi Grade Class Flashcards
Once you start teaching in a Multi-grade classroom, how will your teaching be effective?
It will largely depend on how well you are prepared to handle multiple activities.
The goal for teaching effectively in a multi grade classroom? (2)
- Create diverse instructional strategies both suitable to the curriculum content
- Based on the needs of your students.
Strategically plan activities to engage the students through…
- Direct teaching
- Peer tutor
- Small group
- Independent study
4 Teaching Strategies to teach effectively in a multi grade class
- Group Strategically
- Prepare flexible and appropriate materials
- Promote self-paced learning
- Give extra attention to children with special education needs
For some activities, divide your students into mixed-ability groups. This will encourage students of different backgrounds to include each other in their work.
Group Strategically
For grouping to be effective, materials and teaching must be varied and made challenging to accommodate the learning needs of students with different levels of ability.
Prepare flexible and appropriate materials
Develop a variety of worksheets to be used with diverse groups of Multi-grade classroom situations;
- Teacher-guided activity sheets
- Group-learning worksheets
- Individual practice worksheets
- Peer-directed instruction sheets
While helping students to perform activities together, at the same time ensure that they are allowed to move through the curriculum at their own pace.
Promote self- paced learning
Ensure that students with disabilities, learning difficulties, and other needs can achieve milestones as others do. You may need to include special preparation in terms of separate worksheets and more individual attention depending on the nature and degree of their special education needs
Give extra attention to children with special education needs
