What types of strategies and/or activities have you observed and/or enacted through classroom practices that are inclusive of all students?
Throughout my time in the College of Education at USF, I have learned many things about making the classroom inclusive of all children. Many students in my kindergarten class, use Istation on a daily basis. This program is designed to help students with reading and writing. When students begin the program, they have to take a thirty-minute diagnostic to find out what level they are at. The goal in kindergarten is to have all the students reading by the end of the year. This program is another resource the teacher uses to help insure all students have an equal chance. Istation is a great program to use with English Language Learners (ELL). According to the Istation website, one teacher stated that it helped her ELL student read and speak English. For many students, being able to get on the computer and play games, even educational ones, are a lot of fun. Student will learn more when they are engaged and enjoying what they are learning.
In my classroom we have a student named Steven (pseudonym). Steven is very bright but really struggles with following directions and simple commands. To ensure that he can be successful I tried something new with him while in there on Wednesday. Every time the teacher would give directions to the whole class, I would walk over to him and repeat the direction directly to him. After I would repeat the directions, I would ask him to repeat them to me. This seemed to work for him and he was able to stay more on topic. He is use to moving his clip down but thanks to the little extra help from me and his teacher, he was able to move his clip up to blue for making good choices and completing his work. I know that he is going to be one of the students that is going to need a little extra help so he will soar and be successful. As a teacher, you have to find out what works best for each individual student and getting to know them is one way to do this. I have also seen and heard that many teachers have to try multiple things to find out what will help the child be more successful in the classroom.
Last year, I was in a 4th grade classroom and we had students that were in the gifted program. I feel that is this part of inclusion in the classroom because it allows students to be engaged in content that is more on their level. Sometimes students sit in classroom and are bored because the content is too easy for them. By allowing them an “outlet” to perform at a higher level while allow them to do great things both in and out of the classroom. I do feel that the gifted program should be extended to English Language Arts (ELA) and not just math and science because I know some 4th graders who are reading at a 6th grade level or higher. It would allow them creative ways to use their abilities in was way that is not boring to them or distracting to others.
Throughout my time in the College of Education at USF, I have learned many things about making the classroom inclusive of all children. Many students in my kindergarten class, use Istation on a daily basis. This program is designed to help students with reading and writing. When students begin the program, they have to take a thirty-minute diagnostic to find out what level they are at. The goal in kindergarten is to have all the students reading by the end of the year. This program is another resource the teacher uses to help insure all students have an equal chance. Istation is a great program to use with English Language Learners (ELL). According to the Istation website, one teacher stated that it helped her ELL student read and speak English. For many students, being able to get on the computer and play games, even educational ones, are a lot of fun. Student will learn more when they are engaged and enjoying what they are learning.
In my classroom we have a student named Steven (pseudonym). Steven is very bright but really struggles with following directions and simple commands. To ensure that he can be successful I tried something new with him while in there on Wednesday. Every time the teacher would give directions to the whole class, I would walk over to him and repeat the direction directly to him. After I would repeat the directions, I would ask him to repeat them to me. This seemed to work for him and he was able to stay more on topic. He is use to moving his clip down but thanks to the little extra help from me and his teacher, he was able to move his clip up to blue for making good choices and completing his work. I know that he is going to be one of the students that is going to need a little extra help so he will soar and be successful. As a teacher, you have to find out what works best for each individual student and getting to know them is one way to do this. I have also seen and heard that many teachers have to try multiple things to find out what will help the child be more successful in the classroom.
Last year, I was in a 4th grade classroom and we had students that were in the gifted program. I feel that is this part of inclusion in the classroom because it allows students to be engaged in content that is more on their level. Sometimes students sit in classroom and are bored because the content is too easy for them. By allowing them an “outlet” to perform at a higher level while allow them to do great things both in and out of the classroom. I do feel that the gifted program should be extended to English Language Arts (ELA) and not just math and science because I know some 4th graders who are reading at a 6th grade level or higher. It would allow them creative ways to use their abilities in was way that is not boring to them or distracting to others.