To be different is a good thing. If everyone was the same, what a boring world we would live in. Each child that walks into a classroom is different, they live in a different house, they may be an only child, they may live with their grandparent or they may not speak the same language as everyone else in the classroom.
That is a huge case in Mrs. Roark’s third grade class, there about seven to nine children who don’t speak English as their fist language but that does not stop the way she interacts with them. Since she encourages conversations within her classroom and does not limit the children to much she has gained a respect from each child in her class. With the children who don’t speak English too well she doesn’t exclude them from certain projects but just modifies they way she teachers them.
When she gives out information and instructions to her class she writes them on the board very clear, she keeps them short and brief but makes sure it covers all the things she is trying to say, she repeats the instructions twice, talks slow and use gestures (so those of us who talk with our hands this will be very helpful). The child may not understand everything she has said she so she gets one of the students who are bilingual to explain. There is a boy who has ADHD and Mrs. Roark just spends extra time with him, she gives him instructions just like a child who doesn’t speak English very well and has the child sit near her so that she can monitor their learning.
It’s important to treat each child as special as they really are.
xoxo
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