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How to identify and help struggling students in my classroom? Wenjing Tian…
How to identify and help struggling students in my classroom? Wenjing Tian
Step 1: Identify struggling students
Daily observation
Become upset or frustrated easily.
Doesn't want to participate learning activities.
Lose concentration easliy.
Walking or moving around in the classroom during lesson time.
Not willing to express themselves with teachers or peers.
Take longer time to complete the tasks than before.
Feel struggle while completing tasks, or understanding concepts.
Negative comments or complains about class, teachers or schools.
Become quiet very suddenly.
Have some social problems with peers.
Homework and Assessments
Students feel struggle with homework, or don't want to do it.
The results of assessments will show you which part is difficult for individuals.
Drastic change in grades.
Parents' meetings and feedback
Parents may express their concerns through email, notes or oral feedback during dismissal time. It's necessary to collect these information and work together to help students.
Step2: Analyze different situations
Family reasons: lack of parents' support, parents don't know how to support, or too much academic pressure from parents.
Social-Emotional issues: Did the student face some social problems while getting along with friends or adults? Did the student experience unhappy things?
Learning disabilities: If student has a learning disability, and if there are similar symptoms, it is necessary to seek parental support and take the child for diagnosis in time.
Step3: Strategies to help struggling students
Differentiated Instruction
Provide different options for students,such as arranging learning stations in the classroom which allows students to explore the same content in different ways.
Be flexible with the assessments, including the ways that we assess students and the time.
Flexible grouping: homogeneous & heterogeneous grouping
Present different kinds of materials/resources in the classroom
Apply technology
Voice and choice in products
Use task cards
Provide mini lessons
Use learning menus
Scaffolding
Modeling positive behaviors
Assign class jobs
Show and tell/Role play
Use visual aids
Describe new concepts in multiple ways
Intervention Plan & Record the process
Step4: Parent Involvement
Daily communication
Keep the daily communication with parents through communication journal, email, notes, and don't forget to collect data if needed.
Arrange parent meetings if needed. Provide choices for parents to express their concerns.
Encourage parents to participate school activities or workshop.
Inform parents if something happens and discuss possible solutions together.
Intervention Plan:If students need the special education services, teachers and parents should work together and ask for professional help from counselors.
Parental support at home
Encourage parents to support learning process by helping with homework, reading together, practicing schedules and daily routines at home.
Encourage parents to spend more time stay with students, play with students.
Check teachers' notes or feedback in time.