This semester was the first time that I administered an interest inventory to my students. From the results, it was seen that the majority of the class only "sometimes" read books just for fun. Therefore, I believe that I can provide opportunities for learning to be more fun so that this would occur more often. Furthermore, a lot of the students had very specific interests and book preferences. Though it is impossible to incorporate all of these interests into the curriculum, I could possibly focus on those who need that extra push to read and focus. From what I have seen so far for the semester, the students' learning styles have remained this same. I would aim to meet the needs of these learning styles to the best of my ability, and differentiate instruction based on these.
This semester, I am with the same classroom. I was extremely happy about this as it was an opportunity to get to know my kids even more. Though I believe that I got to know them well last semester, I know that there is still a lot to learn. The only change made to my classroom was that one boy left, and a new (previously home schooled) boy came in. However, I still have a classroom of 18 students, (9 boys and 9 girls). Because of the new student, the demographics of my classroom has also changed. The African American percentage has now decreased from 16.67% to 11.11%, and the White percentage has increased from 33.33% to 38.39%. There are still no ESOL students in my classroom, and the socio-economic status remains the same. Additionally, my focus student (Billy) is still the only student on a 504 plan, though it is believed that another may be on one soon. Therefore, Billy is a student that needs a lot of accommodations during lessons. Because he has been diagnosed with ADHD, brain breaks, kinesthetic learning, and incorporating things that he likes (such as snakes) into daily routines is definitely important.
This semester was the first time that I administered an interest inventory to my students. From the results, it was seen that the majority of the class only "sometimes" read books just for fun. Therefore, I believe that I can provide opportunities for learning to be more fun so that this would occur more often. Furthermore, a lot of the students had very specific interests and book preferences. Though it is impossible to incorporate all of these interests into the curriculum, I could possibly focus on those who need that extra push to read and focus. From what I have seen so far for the semester, the students' learning styles have remained this same. I would aim to meet the needs of these learning styles to the best of my ability, and differentiate instruction based on these.
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Denise Donahue
2/9/2016 11:24:46 am
What have you noticed about the student who was previously homeschooled? How has the adjustment been? Do you find many differences with him versus other students who have been in the public school system? This is a very interesting topic!
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