Allison Coulomb September 19, 2013 Education 406 Category Gender Ethnicity Explanation There are 22 students in my CTs

classroom and out of that 22, 16 are boys and 6 are girls. The majority of the students in the classroom are caucasian, however there are four students with different nationality. Out of the four there is one girl and three boys. The three boys are Philippine, Chinese and Hispanic, the girl is Israeli. Three of the students in the classroom have a speech problem and one student is borderline spectrum. As my CT was telling me, the classroom has many students are bright and many that need remediation. However, none of them are classified as gifted. There are many learning styles used throughout the day in the classroom. I have observed my CT using kinesthetic, visual, auditory and read/write learning styles. There are 2 students who receive free/reduced lunch in the classroom.

SPED Gifted

Learning Style

Free/Reduced Lunch

Some challenges that I belie e I !ill "ace during m# time !ith these students is a language barrier$ Although the children ha e a grasp on the English language, the students !ho are in speech class ha e either a strong accent or ha e trouble annunciating !ords$ Another di""icult# is their memor#$ As I !as instructing the students #esterda# one child %ept as%ing me ho! to do the acti it# o er and o er$ E en though there !ill be di""iculties the class as a !hole is reall# bright$ &he# do ha e a er# short attention span, being %indergarteners$ I thin% that another positi e attribute is going to be the di ersit# in the classroom$ 'ith all o" the di""erent cultures and languages, it !ill gi e the students a ie! into other societies in the !orld$ (# C&)s teaching st#le isn)t one speci"ic t#pe$ She uses all sorts o" techni*ues to help the children learn$ Since all students learn di""erentl#, she tries to implement the %inesthetic, isual, auditor# and read+!rite learning st#les e er#da#$ ,or e-ample, #esterda# she read a boo% about apples and ho! to count them, then she used art integration b# ha ing them stamp and count apples on top o" a pictures head$ She !ill be using the %inesthetic method on &uesda# b# ta%ing them on a "ield trip to an apple orchard and letting them pic% and obser e the apples$ &he di ersit# in the classroom does not a""ect (rs$ .err# in an#!a#$ She treats e er# student the same in the !a# she teaches$ 'hen a student as%s to use the restroom, she !ill correct them i" the# ha e a speech problem or i" the don)t$ ,or instance, a student !ho spea%s normall# as%s

/can I use the pott#01 she !ill correct them sa#ing /As% in a "ull sentence, (a# I use the restroom01 'hen a student !ith a speech problem as%s, she sa#s the same thing$ 2er lessons are planned around the curriculum but !ith "un implemented, m# %ind o" teaching$ She plans them "or the !ee% and has e er#thing prepared the !ee%end be"ore$ &he !a# that (rs$ .err# teaches is e-actl# ho! I !ould li%e to be$ I don)t thin% that I !ill need to ma%e an# ad3ustments !hen I am student teaching ne-t semester$ .ecause !e ha e similar teaching st#les I thin% that it !ill help me become a better teacher and be able to communicate !ith m# students more$ (# C& had told me that there is one student !ho is borderline spectrum that she had to ha e a con"erence !ith the parents to tell them about his disabilit#$ 'hen !e !ere tal%ing she said that this !as one o" the hardest con ersations to ha e !ith a parent$ 2o! do #ou tell someone that their child is going to need e-tra help or e en more than that0 &he student is a er# s!eet bo# and has a great personalit#, he 3ust needs some remediation to help him$ (rs$ .err# is organi4ed to an e-tent$ She %no! !here e er#thing is in her classroom, ho!e er her des% is cluttered$ I don)t blame her because %indergarten is er# chaotic and hard to %eep trac% o" e er#thing$ E en though she is some!hat disorgani4ed, her lessons go er# smoothl# and it does not reall# e""ect her dail# plans$