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Students with Special Needs Process to Follow in my Classroom by…
Students with Special Needs
Process to Follow in my Classroom
by Dorothee (Fung Ming) CHAN :
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Differentiated Instructional Strategies
Process
Mixed ability group vs. similar group
Think, pair, share
Teach at both "just right" level and a more challenging level to engage students
Make time for student journaling
Run literature circles
Assign open-end projects
Tackle different senses
Interview students
Share own strengths and weaknesses
Product
Offer different options for students to present their products to show understanding and learning
Provide open-ended materials for students to share their learning and findings
acknowledge student's strengths and interests when they present and share what they have learned.
Content
Task cards
Learning stations
Choices
Concept-based rather than task-based
Teacher's mindset
Modification and accommodation
Build strong class culture for students to understand why they are treated differently and what it means to be truly fair
Growth mindset, flex in own thinking
Build relationship with students
Knowing student's strengths, challenges and interests
Procedures to Support a Struggling Student
1) Teacher's notes and observations
2) Documentation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nSnZgep4lKKtsMLd0O6ij_l7At_zOtMy/view?ts=5da6b434
3) Communicate with parents face-to-face to set goals and understand if goals are aligned
4) Collaborate with parents, Student Support Specialist, Support Team, Leadership Team, community resources to find out what are the best roads for the struggling student to get there.
References
Differentiating instruction: It's not as hard as you think. (Sep 12, 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7-D3gi2lL8
7 Warning Signs Your Child Is Struggling in School (Sep 12, 2019) Retrieved from
https://www.verywellfamily.com/warning-signs-your-child-is-struggling-in-school-2601436
Janelle Cox, 10 Teaching Strategies to Keep Struggling Students Working,
https://www.teachhub.com/10-teaching-strategies-keep-struggling-students-working
Signs of a Struggling Student
https://teachnowprogram.com/activityNew#submission/1148/8468/3977
Unable to function normally like take care of self, communicating, and socializing (Cognitive).
Demonstrating a lack of self-regulation skill and emotional control (Emotional).
Showing difficulties to meet milestones and learning outcomes (Academic).
Demonstrating developmentally inappropriate characteristics and behaviors (Functional).
Having difficulties to make connections and interact with others (Social) and objects (Physical).