Since we are not able to ask about specific information I can assume that there are racial, cultural, and religious diversity based on my time volunteering at my service-learning classroom. There are probably a few others among my service-learning classroom that are not as easily known or seen. One way that the teacher is addressing them is through the student of the week where students are able to share about their lives which introduces the rest of the class to both their similarities and differences when it comes to each of their backgrounds in a positive and uplifting fashion. I can only assume that some students have learning disabilities based on how the teacher makes time to give those students extra one-on-one, or sometimes group, activities to better help them to succeed in a way that they understand.
The teacher always uses multiple strategies for teaching her lessons. For example, when it comes to the weekly spelling words she will have students write them down on their own after telling them the words and provide them with imagery if two words sound alike, but are spelled differently. Another way is she provides nine fun and easy activities each week for their spelling words of which they can choose any three to complete as homework. One activity might be to write consonants in blue and vowels in red for each word. Also, she has the class come together to figure out the alphabetical order of the spelling words and to use each word in a sentence with a partner.
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