I had the opportunity to read the Carlisle article. The article was about how to help students who have a learning disability. I found this article very informative because as a teacher you will have students in your classroom that have learning disabilities. Carlisle says that 50 percent of shildren with LD spend an entire day in the general classroom. The first step Carlisle says is to identify children who appear to have special needs. The next step is to participate in the development of the child's education program. Then as a teacher you should collaborate with the special educators to develop an integrated approach for meeting a child's learning needs. You should not only be monitoring children with LD in your classroom regularly, but all students. You should alter lesson plans to ensure progress and help the child share responsibility for their learning. Closely, the last step according to Carlisle is working closely with the parents to support the child's learning. Something that I found important to consider when working with students that have LD is to work with specialists that work with those students because then the children will have an integrated education. It is important to give positive feedback and to encourage students because when they receive that positive feedback they are more likely to have positive attitudes towards their learning abilities. An important thing to consider is that "over 75 percent of children with LD have reading and spelling disabilities" (Carlisle 2). This is important to consider and to know that when creating lessons that most time should be spent in these areas. These areas can be incorporated throughout the curriculum. Some of the most beneficial things to all children are lessons and activities that foster the development of phonological awareness and group work. One of the last things that Carlisle says that I think is of great importance in creating a classroom is "It is important to build a classroom climate that fosters acceptance of individual differences within the class-including appreciation of the fact that children have different academic strengths and needs."
After reading Thompkins I learned that "The comprehension process begins during prereading as students activate their background knowledge and preview the text, and it continues to develop as students read, respond, explore, and apply their reading" (223). I never knew that comprehension depends on the reader and the text that is being read. There is a lot that goes into comprehension from the student and the teacher. It is up to the student to comprehend it, but it is up to the teacher to make sure the student's know how to do that. Chapter 7 gave me great insight on howcomprehension works and all that is involved. How to get students to the point where they can do it on their own. It is a great chapter.
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I really enjoyed reading you post, and you did a great job explaining how to accomidate for LD students during reading and writing comprehension. I think that it is very important for all teachers involved with an LD student to work collaboratively. This way, all students are on the same page, and there will be no discrepancy between the teachers, their lessons, and general class routines. To go along with that, I agree that a classroom community should be created with the idea that all students bring their differences to the class, and this should be the expected norm. Also, good observation about all that goes into reading comprehansion.I think that as a teacher, it is our job to recognize these components, and instill them in the classroom to promote the best reading and writing comprehansion for all students
As always, you put a lot of great thoughts into your post. I enjoyed how concise you were with your explanation of classroom management in a situation where you have students with LDs. The other point that I was glad you touched on was near the end, where you talked about how the author said, "It is important to build a classroom climate that fosters acceptance of individual differences within the class-including appreciation of the fact that children have different academic strengths and needs." This is a very true statement, and should be recognized by all teachers.
Great entry on the Carlisle article! The statistic you gave about 50 percent of children with LD spending an entire day in a general classroom is shocking to a future teacher. I was a little confused when the article said that one of the first steps you should take is to collaborate with the special educators. I wonder how accommodating and helpful special educators will be if they do not have your student.
I also really liked the point you made about making sure every student accepts and embraces their peers strengths and needs. This comment reminded me of our conversation in class about fairness. We mentioned that fair does not always mean equal. If the students are aware and accept each others differences, then they will have a better understanding of why teachers may treat students differently when it comes to certain things.
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