2. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. Understand the teacher and students routines in a
multi-grade classroom
b. Discuss the important strategies in a multi-grade
classroom
4. CLASSROOM ROUTINES
Refers to those rules and procedures,
set up by the teacher and understood
by the students, which set the pattern
for every day behavior and actions.
6. PLANNING
A part from being planned well ahead,
adequate preparation time should be
allowed either before the students
come to school in the morning, or after
the school.
7. PREPARATION
Blackboards should be prepared with the
tasks and various groups listed and all
teaching and learning resources should be
recognized for the day.
8. EFFECTIVE ROUTINES
ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO
START WORK QUICKLY
AND PURPOSELY IN THE
MORNING
They know if the teacher is properly
organized.
9. TRY TO PLAN YOUR DAY’S WORK
SO YOU HAVE SOME TIME FOR
INDIVIDUAL HELP (MARKING,
DISCUSSING, READING) TO A
VARIETY OF STUDENTS IN THE
DIFFERENT GROUPS WITHIN
THE DAY.
10. STUDENT’S ROUTINES
Students need to know how the classroom
operates and what they are responsible for
doing. Clear routines assist students in
developing responsibility for their learning.
11. STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW
WHAT WORK THEY SHOULD BE
DOING AT ANY ONE TIME
The teacher needs to establish the ways in
which work will be set. It may be for the
whole class, for a group or for an individual.
Blackboards, verbal and / or written
instructions, worksheets, that can be used.
12. STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW
HOW BOOKS AND OTHER
LEARNING MATERIALS ARE
DISTRIBUTED,
COLLECTED AND STORED
The individual or group should be
responsible for returning teaching and
learning materials to their correct place.
13. STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO
DO WHEN THEY NEED HELP BUT THE
TEACHER IS UNAVAILABLE
If a student is having difficulties with the
instructions or the task, they should know who
they can ask for help, e.g. the group leader,
their partner, before they approach the
teacher.
14. STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW
HOW TO HAVE WORK MARKED
OR CHECKED
Teachers should avoid long queues at their
desk of students waiting to have their work
marked. They quickly get bored and restless.
15. STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW
WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY ARE
FINISHED
When students are working in small groups or
individually, they must know what to do when they
are finished so they will not cause disruption to the
teacher and the class. The students who finish early
should know what they can carry on with without the
teacher’s help.
16. STUDENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN
RESPONSIBILITY.
Multigrade teachers can help themselves and at
the same time help their students by giving them
real responsibility in the classroom. They should
tell them which tasks and duties are the
responsibility of the students.
17. SUMMARY
Managing the multigrade classroom sounds difficult, but with some careful
preparation, planning and teaching, the teacher will actually have more
time to work with students, not less. Also, is a ways on how to manage
multigrade class, organizing the classroom, working in groups, teaching
routines, and creating ways for students to work independently..
18. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Collingwood, I. (1991). Multiclass Teaching in
the Primary School. UNESCO.
Mannison M. (1998). Interactive Teaching
Strategies. NB Publications: Ausrallia.
19. EVALUATION:
1-5. Why do you think classroom management
is important? Explain it in your own words.
6-7. Who are two primary persons involve when
it comes to classroom management?
8-9. Enumerate the two basic teachers routine.
10. Give at least examples of students routine.
