Multilevel Classroom

Just an idea on multilevel classrooms...

 I used to work in a Multi-Age classroom ( gr.4, 5, 6) in an elementary school many years ago. The classroom teacher at the time used many different ways, methods, and approaches to address the needs of each grade level. She taught each subject, in the same way, Maureen describes in her comment. For example, if she was going to start a unit in math, she gathered everyone at the carpet area and taught the lesson that covered the outcomes for grades 4 and 5. Then, she sent this group off to work on their own and stayed with the grade sixes to go over the new lesson with them. This group also got sent off to work on their own, which allowed the teacher to be available for the whole class after.
I believe that this method could be a great way to teach an EAL multilevel class.