Sunday, September 27, 2009
Differentiation Reading Assignment #3
I love any assignment that helps a teacher understand students better. One of my favorite parts of teaching is getting to know and love the students as individuals. I believe the students also love telling about themselves. I think that writing is an excellent way to get to know each student and it also provides an assessment for teachers. By looking at this writing I believe that there are many things a teacher can learn about the students abilities. I think by having the student be a topic of writing, they already have an interest in the subject. I believe these surveys on interest can be conducted throughout the year regarding different topics or subjects. For me, it is hard to be specific about how I will use these surveys. I believe that everything I do for my students will be a direct result of an observed need. I feel that these interest surveys need to be another way to inform instruction. This, to me is differentiation. I believe as teachers we use observation in order to meet the needs of the students. That is my job. I want every student to feel that his/her needs are important and that I will do the best I can to ensure that these needs are met.
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This reflection works very well for the surveys/inventories in the textbook. I'm wondering if you see the potential of the ones online.... When you are planning to differentiate a lesson or unit in social studies, or math, etc., those surveys won't help much. You'll need ways to get a specific needs and readiness levels WITHIN the content areas. Take another close look, and notice how you could modify them for other ages or other content areas. Also, what do you think of the potential of getting writing samples from your students? 3 points
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