TEACHING MULTI-GRADE CLASSES

Topic 20. Scheduling Schemes

Teaching Schemes in Managing and Handling MGCs

Before you actually write the lesson plan based on the pre-assessment results, you have to
determine first what teaching scheme or way of teaching you are going to use. The objectives / skills
you are going to develop in all the groups will tell what scheme is the most appropriate.

The teaching scheme will likewise suggest the format of the lesson plan. The different
teaching scheme are the following:

1. Preparing Lesson Plans for Interaction / Instruction

One of your functions as instructional Manager is to plan instruction. The source of your
instructional objectives are the MELC/PELC/CG-MGs and the Budget of Work in the different
learning areas.

2. Scheming

Scheme A

When the objectives of all the groups are common in terms of behavior and content, take all
the grades as one class in the developmental phase. Use content materials from the three grade
levels. In the presentation of the lesson use the Material of the lowest group first (e.g. Grade IV
Material): followed by the material of the next group (e.g. Grade V Material), then of the material
of the last group (e.g. Grade VI Material).

In application and evaluation, give differentiated self-directed, self-checking and self-scoring

seatwork (Self Directed, Self-Checking and Self-Scoring Seatwork) exercises to the three groups.
Then give on the spot corrective instruction one after the other.
Possible Format

Scheme B

There are instances when two adjacent have the same instructional objective while the order
grade has a different objective.

Sample Format: This is one possible lesson plan format for these examples.

In the second and third grades, you have to give differentiated Seatwork Exercises.
Scheme C

In this Scheme, the three levels or groups have the same behavior but have different content
or differ in difficulty.

An example in Mathematics is:

Scheme D

In this strategy, there are three (3) developmental lessons because the instructional
objective of the three groups have no commonality.

An Example in Science and Health is:

 This is the most difficult for you to do since there are three new lessons. To make your work
easier, Modules or MLMS may be used in presenting the new lesson in any of the group.

Scheme E

There are instances when the objective/skill in the first grade/group is a prerequisite to the
next group level, and the skill in the second grade is a prerequisite to the skill in the third grade.
• NOTE: In selecting your Lesson Plan Scheme in Multigrade, you must consider the following: