Diverse Learners

Question 1

What are some culturally responsive teaching practices?

Answer 1

frequently speak to families; self-educate on the norms and values of the students based on their background; create an inclusive classroom environment; build positive relationships; create a culturally responsive curriculum that addresses students’ diversities and includes authentic learning materials; recognize personal biases and address them; get involved in the community

Question 2

What are ways to support students with different skills?

Answer 2

cooperative learning through small group work where peer tutoring can occur and peers can build on each other’s knowledge; formative assessments to support students at a lower skill level; student choice for demonstrating their knowledge and what they learned (e.g., learning centers and project menus); plans that have many features and are adaptable; instructional supports such as scaffolds

Question 3

What are ways to support students with different individual interests?

Answer 3

form relationships with them to learn about their interests; use differentiated instruction and student choice to create student centered lessons that teach content in many ways. Interest centers can be used to spur engagement in learning, are easily adaptable, and can be incorporated into instruction. These lessons can include formative assessments to help motivate the child to build content knowledge using their interests

Question 4

What are ways to support differences in students’ individual learning needs?

Answer 4

create lessons that are equitable, accommodating, and promote student success; student-centered activities that are instructed based on differentiated instruction to provide many ways to instruct, assess, and allow them to learn; self-directed learning is involved; scaffolds (visuals, graphic organizers, outlines, and charts); small mixed-ability group instruction; continually check for understanding

Question 5

What are ways to support ELLs?

Answer 5

ELL must develop an understanding of content and build their English proficiency. To better understand content, they must be provided vocabulary in English and their native language in themed units. To improve their English proficiency, they should given multiple opportunities to practice their skills in peer-tutoring, and cooperative learning activities. They should be provided scaffolds (e.g., graphic organizers, charts, and labels) to help understand content and practice theri skills; they should provided with linguistic aids as well such as verbal and visual cues, gestures, and digital resources.

Question 6

When dealing with students who have tension between them, a teacher can

Answer 6

schedule a peer meditation session with the school guidance office

Question 7

What is the benefit of including students in the development of classroom norms and expectations?

Answer 7

promotes an inclusive and positive classroom community focused on mutual respect

Question 8

How can one teach students at different proficiency levels for reading and writing?

Answer 8

Use many strategies to create background knowledge and context to boost their understanding. To do this, one can use visuals, verbal cues, gestures, and movement. Also, provide a print and literacy rich environment (e.g., word walls of thematic vocab or high frequency words, a class library of books of varying levels and various genres) and using graphic organizers and outlines to boost comprehension and writing ability by breaking parts down into smaller portions