It is very important for teachers to create lessons that meet the diverse needs of all students. At times this can seem very overwhelming because every single kid has different needs and learning styles. As a teacher, I feel it is my responsibility to design lessons that meet all of these needs and learning styles.
Differentiation is necessary when meeting the needs of all students. There are times where I have my students working on three or four different assignments which all reflect the same standard and learning target. Usually, my gifted students work on a higher level thinking assignment. I give modified assignments for my IEP kids and kids that are struggling with the content. Then I also have a general assignment for the rest of the class. Differentiation is something that I want to get even better at. I don’t feel that I do as good of a job as I could with this but I think it is very important when meeting the needs of every single child.
It is also important to create lessons that meet the needs of all learning styles. This is one of my favorite parts of being a teacher. As I reflect on my learning, I see that I get bored very easily especially when I’m not being taught in ways that reflect my learning style. It’s very hard to engage in the learning. Knowing this about myself, I am constantly trying to teach using lessons that reflect as many learning styles as possible. This not only meets the learning styles of all of my kids, but it keeps the style of my lessons from being repetitive and boring. When every kid walks into my classroom everyday, I want him or her to be excited and inquisitive about what is going to take place.
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