Author Question: Ms. Mongue teaches 27 third graders in her inclusive classroom in an elementary school that educates ... (Read 730 times)

ereecah · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Ms. Mongue teaches 27 third graders in her inclusive classroom in an elementary school that educates a widely diverse population of students. Her students represent a range of skills. Three speak very little English, but two received top language arts scores in the district's standardized tests last year. She also has three students with learning needs that require IEPs and two students with physical disabilities. Explain what she might do to reach all students and maintain realistically high expectations of every student.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Mrs. Ash is preparing to teach a unit about Native Americans and their dwellings. She only has one week to teach the information. The unit involves a lot of factual information and requires students to be able to organize their knowledge about the various types of Indian tribes. Explain why Mrs. Ash should use direct instruction for this lesson, and describe how she might effectively use advance organizers.

What will be an ideal response?

jonathanballen97 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Suggested Response: Ms. Mongue needs to use differentiated instruction to reach all students. For reading and math, she probably needs to use ability groupings, remembering to keep groups flexible. She needs to assess students' performance continuously and regroup students as needed to challenge them appropriately. Assessments help her figure out students' zone of proximal development and provide both support and challenge effectively. For other subjects, such as science and social studies, she should include all students in the discussion. She needs to develop a system for calling on everyone and expecting everyone to participate. If she has access to technological resources, she might choose tutorials that promote the development of specific skills. She might implement the INCLUDE strategy to integrate the students with disabilities. INCLUDE will help her adapt the classroom environment, work with these students' strengths and needs, and determine instructional adaptations to make in the classroom. She needs to make sure her expectations of each student are based on actual performance and not on prior test scores, grades, and notes in the permanent files. In her diverse community, she needs to conscientious about avoiding stereotypes, biases, and prejudice.
Text Reference: Differentiated Instruction and Adaptive Teaching

Answer to Question 2

Suggested Response: Mrs. Ash needs to use direct instruction because she is teaching basic skills that involve factual information and she has only one week to teach the unit. Direct instruction is an effective and efficient approach for teaching basic skills and facts.
Mrs. Ash might effectively use advance organizers to help students organize information about the various types of Indians. For example, if they study four different types of Indians that lived in different parts of the country and built different types of dwellings, and advance organizer helps students develop schema that compare and contrast these differences.
Text Reference: Teaching Approaches