STRUCTURE OF
MULTIGRADE
WHAT IS MULTIGRADE CONTEXT?
✓ Multi-grade teaching involves the teaching of children from
two or more grade levels in one classroom.
✓ Such contexts requires the employment of particular
teaching methodologies and classroom administration.
STRUCTURE IN A MULTIGRADE CLASS:
✓ When you have a wide range of age, ability, maturity and
interests among the class, it is very important that your
classroom is highly organized and structured. Following are
some points that describe the structure in a multi-grade
classroom:
1. Desks organised into small groupings.
2. Boxes or folders for students work to be kept in.
3. Workstations or LEARNING CENTRES, where individuals and groups may go to complete
activities. These will be made by the teacher which include math's, writing, language etc.
4. A space in the center of the room, or perhaps some marked spaces around the room
where groups can sit on the floor.
MULTIGRADE CLASSROOM
✓ Arranged in such a way that it communicates important messages to
the children about how the classroom will be used and how it is to
function as a learning environment.
✓ The teacher as planner and organizer is in charge of setting up and
arranging
the classroom.
LEARNING CENTERS
✓ These are the "work stations" which the learners use with or without the
teacher's guidance or supervision depending upon the nature of the activity.
✓ Are small partitioned spaces for 5 to 10 pupils to work together or even
individually.
✓ A low blackboard, cloths and curtains and even cabinets may be used to
enclose the learning centers.
✓ The centers are also the places where the teachers keep the learning materials
like books, posters picture and others, for the children to use.
LEARNING MATERIALS
✓ These materials include books of all kinds (textbooks, trade books
reference books and storybooks), other reading materials like
periodicals, magazines, and professional books.
✓ Commercial and teacher-made board games, puzzles, card games,
activity cards and toys, visual aids like posters, picture banks, cut-outs,
and calendars are also useful learning materials in a multigrade
classroom.
FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
✓ Furniture like desks, tables and chairs in a multigrade classroom should be modular for
greater flexibility in arranging and rearranging them. Classroom layout should provide
for the following kinds of activities;
• A whole-group period for discussing matters that affect the whole class.
• Small-group activities for working on tasks or activities for specific areas including
discussion, writing, reading, arts, crafts and experiments.
• Individual or independent work so children can read, write, work on
• Individual projects with as little disturbance or distraction as possible
• Indoor games or dramatization
VENTILATION AND LIGHTING
✓ All parts of the classroom should be well-ventilated and
adequately lighted so that all children can work
comfortably.
OUTDOOR SPACE
✓ The multigrade learning environment also includes
outdoor spaces that can utilized to the fullest when the
weather permits.
✓ The space outdoors is also ideal for whole-group games
and activities that do not require equipment.
MULTIGRADE FLOOR PLAN
A Floor Plan of the classroom with a seating plan, promotes
desired learning activities and shows the placement of
furniture, books, materials, etc. Think about how you can create
spaces for individual and group learning in such a way that
students experience barrier-free access to the most used
areas within the classroom as well as to classroom resources
and materials.
Example
of Floor
Plan for a
Multigrade
Classroom
THANK YOU!!!!
Arillas, Jhulia Maui A
Lañada, Ella
Nacion, Kaila
Razon, Arminder
Tiqui, Kevin Frank
