EDU 551

  EDU 551 - Diffrented lesson  I chose this lesson because it was one of my favorite lessons and offered many different ways in which I need to differentiate for my students. In the past, my lower-level students have done well in classes, but the gifted students have struggled. I foolishly thought you give the more intelligent students more work, that is not true.    There are many ways to let gifted students learn. "Bright students often need space to move around when they are thinking. If your group of students is well-behaved and the classroom is big enough, designate a few minutes every lesson for movement." (Classful, 2009). I use this strategy daily in my classroom. These students know they have the freedom to get up and move; they primarily work with the lower-level students to help them.    The school recommends the strategies I choose for ELL students or what their IEPs require.    I knew that interest in poetry was going to be low, so I decided to focus this unit on

  “While most people cross the lines of learning styles and can benefit from many types of learning, most people have a dominant learning style that helps them grasp and remember concepts more easily.” (Cornerstone, 2018)     Looking at the four students who took the inventory, all but one had a clear dominant learning style.     It will be easier to help them with their learning and assessments for the rest of the year. It is important to start and recognize the other areas of strengths and weaknesses beyond their learning styles.     For example, student number 1 has a dominant auditory learning style, but she is timid and withdrawn and doesn’t have the solid social skills of the rest of her classmates.     So, with that knowledge, auditory learning is excellent but not necessarily in a small group of peers.   I am in the process of taking the learning inventory and contacting the parents about the results. I have already heard back from one parent who was surprised and excited about

  Brief description of each technology. - 4 Google Documents. This is still one of the best ways for students to work together and for teachers to provide feedback to a student. Google documents allow me to put students in groups based on their grade-level knowledge. This puts all the students in the group on the same level playing field. This helps them not to feel intimidated by other classmates who they view as more intelligent than them.  Prezi - Again, still one of the best out there. I usually break my students into three levels of differentiation. Level 1 being below level and 3 being above level. Using Prezi I can record three different videos to push out to my students. Level 1 video offers more scaffolding and explanation, and Level 3 offers little guidance.   Flipgrid. I am still amazed at the number of teachers who don't know Flipgrid. Flipgrid allows me to send out an assignment video, and the students, in turn, "flip" it back to me with their answers. I can