A New Beginning: Multi-Age Day
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Submitted on, 05/04/2009 - 11:08am.
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On Friday, May 1, Alpine Elementary held its first ever "Multi-Age Day". This day replaced V.I.P. Day at our school due to the stress V.I.P. Day often caused for our students who were unable to bring a V.I.P.. In addition, our teachers really wanted to focus the day on curriculum that needs to be taught and learned at each grade.
The day was a great success! Students were divided into multi-age classrooms with students from Kindergarten to Fourth Grade. Each grade level taught a different reading genre. First Grade taught fairy tales, Second Grade taught fables, Third Grade focused on informational text and fourth grade discussed mysteries. Each grade had books to read and interactive activities to engage all the learners. Students rotated four times so that they would be exposed to each type of reading genre presented. We had approximately twenty parent volunteers visit school to assist the students and teachers during each of the lessons.
At the end of the day, students had a greater knowledge of the reading genres and it was wonderful seeing the older students help the younger students. In addition, it helped students get to know other teachers within the building. Multi-Age Day helped to celebrate learning and our school community.
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