First I’d like to apologize other the noise with the vacuum
cleaner, after school it is very hard to find a quiet place! I chose to do my video blog 3 with a teacher
who is ESL certified here at Fiest elementary school where I am student
teaching. She has been teaching for three years and has had ELLs in her class
all three years. This year she has both classes of ELL students which was a
different experience than her previous years. She did not have to deal with the
differentiation like she does now. I
thought it was interesting that she first mentioned some of the behavior issues
that might stem from kids getting frustrated when not understanding.Although teaching these kids may present different
difficulties but making sure that their environment if safe and enjoyable is
still a must. However, she did say she wanted a challenge with teaching, she
defiantly got it this year.
Ms. Madden commented on how much students
working together helps them in their learning. I think the fact that they get
to join with friends in the class to work together is especially helpful for
kids this age.The
cooperative learning environment when they are on the same level of still
learning English, or just that they came from the same type of learning back
grounds helps them feel more comfortable for when they are working both
together and alone.
I love
getting the opportunity to learn about how these people, who all have some type
of ELL experience talk about how they learn or teach others. The different ways
that these teachers have to differentiate instruction to make sure that it
works for their ELL kids. This is a great way for us as future educators to
learn about the differentiation in our own class.
