RachelTraneEDEL1010

I have spent a good amount of time prepping items in the classroom.  One of the things I have done is cut out clear contact paper for an activity that the teacher had planned the next day.  I have also graded papers for the teacher and put them back into the student's binders.  I have set out papers at different stations while the students were at recess so the teacher could start the next activity as soon as the kids came in from recess. This made me realize that parent involvement is so helpful for a teacher.  A good teacher does a variety of activities, but I don't think it would be possible to get to all of the activities if you didn't have help doing the prep work for them.  If parents would realize that helping for even 20 minutes means that their student gets to have more hands on activities, I think more parents would be likely to offer their help.

There are several ways I have seen teachers make modifications for exceptional learners.  One thing I noticed is that the student with diagnosed ADHD was sitting right next to the teacher's desk.  The desks were all in rows and she was in the the first row closest to the teacher.  The way the teacher had the class arranged did not single the student out, but made it possible for the teacher to be close to the student so that she could keep the student's behavior under control.  I noticed this was helpful to the rest of the class because as the other students were working, the teacher could correct behavior or answer any questions the student had without creating a disruption to the whole class. When I observed this class, they were presenting their state research papers. The teacher mentioned that this particular student had a really hard time finishing her paper.  The teacher broke down each section of research and each idea into very simple parts for her. ...