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Welcome to the blog of Zaq Roberts, Associate Head of School at The Berkeley School in Berkeley, CA. I blog about a wide variety of topics, from classroom moments I witness, to administrative events and conversations, to the educational blogs, videos, and books I am reading and watching, and how they are influencing my thinking. I hope this eclectic approach will give you insight into the many ways that I am engaging in advancing the school and strengthening our program, and I welcome your thoughts and comments!

This blog takes its name from a quotation by Archimedes that reads "Give me a lever long enough, and I can move the world." The TBS mission speaks directly to the need to engage a changing world, while many of the experiences in our program focus on the development of students' agency and authority. TBS is the lever by which we all - administration, faculty, students, and parents - can together move the world to be more humane, compassionate, and responsive. To borrow an important Montessori phrase, it is our way to remake the world.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Cross-grade buddies

With the shift in classroom grade arrangements in K-3, we decided to take the opportunity to look at when, where, and how we implement cross-grade buddies in our program. We decided "don't fix it if it  isn't broken" was a good approach when it came to the awesome partnership that 4th/5th has had with 1st/2nd (previously K/1st) for the last three years, and to build on that by partnering up the Kindergarten and 6th grade, and also the 3rd grade and 7th grade. Below are some pictures from the first of 3/7 buddy meetings, which happen weekly or biweekly; older students helped younger buddies complete a "you and me" Venn diagram form, and which the pairs then shared with the collected classes. 








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