There is a lot of diversity in my service-learning classroom. I see students with autism, ADHD, asperger syndrome, and learning disabilities. The teacher addresses the diversity by making sure these students are not sitting next to each other. She has informed me that if they are sitting next to each other they talk, misbehave, and upset each other. The teacher explained that she finds it easier for the diverse children to sit next to other students that are good examples, that can help them, and make sure they understand.
The teacher differentiates the instruction by separating the students into groups based on their level of learning. After their morning work the teacher has the students do what is called the daily five. Students have five different items they can work on at this time. While the students are working individually on the daily five assignments, she calls groups of four to five students back to the kidney desk. They read books that are on the students level together as a group. Each student takes turns reading a page and then the teacher passes a microphone made out of material to the student that would like to add a comment or answer a question. The microphone gives each child a chance to respond and the other students know it is not their turn to talk unless they have the microphone. This gives the teacher time to work in small groups and quality attention to the students with diversity.
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