Educational Issues Presentation Lesson

Plan
Issues Topic Multi-Grades; What is the impact of multi-grades on students and
teachers?

Group Members Becca, Rachel, Tia, Kiera Date June, 15, 2017

Learning Objectives Students will:

What do you want your Know how multi age classrooms impact teachers and students
classmates to learn?
intellectual, social, and emotional growth.

Assessment Group discussion will allow students to discuss their own opinions in
How will you know your regards to multi-grades. We will then, prior to the question period, allow
classmates have learned?
volunteers to share their or their groups opinions.

Materials Slideshow
What resources will you Any notes needed to present the slide show
need for your presentation?

Introduction Tia, intro to slideshow.

(2 mins) (Introduction will include a background of our practicum placements and
experience with multi-grade schooling, as well as a definition of
multi-grades.

Body **Continue through the slideshow.

(7 mins)
ROLES:
Intellectual Impacts (students) = Becca
Intellectual Impacts (teachers) = Rachel
Social Impacts (students) = Becca
Social Impacts (teachers) = Rachel
Emotional Impacts (students) = Tia
Emotional Impacts (teachers) = Kiera
Closure ** Now we will be opening it up to a discussion period to think about
(6 mins) some of the things we have discussed. Within your tables, please discuss
the topic of multi-grades. If you need assistance in starting conversation,
we have included some question prompts here.

**Would anyone like to share their opinions or their group discussion

ideas? Discuss with the class if anyone volunteers.

**Does anyone have any other questions about multi-grades? (Question

period)

Closing remarks = Kiera

- In the closing remarks students will be given an overview of the
main points, both positive and negative, on the social, emotional,
and intellectual impacts, multigrade classrooms have on students
and teachers.