We can make cross-age tutoring, group projects, community service with adults, and so forth part of the basic curriculum. From Wordnik.com. [John Merrow: Preventing Teen Suicide] Reference
The authors address peer instruction and cross-age tutoring emphasizing the importance of collaborating and fostering cultural, functional, and critical literacies. From Wordnik.com. [Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy Through Global Learning Networks « Books « Literacy News] Reference
Schools segregate children by age for the convenience of the adults who run the system, but we will have stronger, more resilient children when we encourage and reward cross-age activity as much as possible. From Wordnik.com. [John Merrow: Preventing Teen Suicide] Reference
To help with summer slide, these programs could incorporate cross-age tutoring as an activity, where the youth read with younger kids, play math-related games, or work together on a service-learning activity. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley Sagawa: Summer in November -- Can a Summer of Service Battle Summer Slide?] Reference
The other extra thankfully has more cross-age appeal. From Wordnik.com. [Toon Zone News] Reference
The training prepared students for their role as cross-age teachers in the Farm to School program which began in January. From Wordnik.com. [Cresco Times-Plain Dealer Homepage RSS] Reference
The curriculum at the Aspen Community School consists of core subjects that are taught daily, and integrated cross-age themes that spiral in throughout the year. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
The school's curriculum provides numerous opportunities for cross-age mentoring and collaboration through committees, extended projects, annual spring trips, community service and even academic classes. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
The second grade classes also did a wide variety of reading activities, had cross-age reading partners from the kindergarten, made "Pet Rocks" to read to during the day, brought in their blankets with stuffed animals and kept lists of every activity throughout the day that required reading. From Wordnik.com. [Siskiyou Daily News Homepage RSS] Reference
And it's cross-generational, cross-age. From Wordnik.com. [Worldchanging: Bright Green] Reference
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