Presents the authors' varying perspectives as teacher researchers reflecting on their first-time implementation of a cross-age, primary-grade literacy project. Identifies several themes as important sites of difference among the teacher-researchers. (SR)

Describes a class project involving collaborative partnerships in which fifth graders wrote books for first graders. (HTH)

Compares and contrasts the multiple voices of children engaging in "group work" in a third-grade and a fifth/sixth-grade class. Highlights developmental and contextual issues that may be important to teachers considering students' needs and interests in relation to language arts learning in groups. Presents a playlet constructed from students'…

Describes and evaluates the ARCH (A Real Community Helps) After-School Program, a successful after-school tutoring program in which university, junior college, and high school students became tutors at an inner-city elementary school, contributing to the creation of a positive learning community. (SR)

Discusses three studies that deal with instructional suggestions related to cross-age tutoring, the use of analogies, and some rethinking of a common testing practice--out-of-level testing for disabled readers. (FL)