How do I create lessons that stimulate all levels of learning but are not too easy or too
challenging?
By knowing where each child is specifically in all areas of learning
Observing children while learning and giving assessments helps with finding their
level
Detailed explicit notes should be taken along with running records
Having broad lessons or lessons with different level problems
Pairing higher level students with lower level
Know all students strengths and needs
OS, Observation, and Running Records
Make connections with words everyone knows
Word/Letter work with children
Know what words the children can take to fluency
What course design will be the most effective for my students?
Incorporates activities based on state
content standards
Use the learners prior knowledge, experience,
and interests to plan lessons
Provide opportunities for the student to use
oral language skill to find the above
Provide instructional accommodations,
modifications, and adaptations to meet
the needs of each individual learner
Detailed book introduction,
Specific prompting
How can I make sure all aspects of my curriculum are sensitive to individual differences
Observe the students to find
their individual culture,
ethnicity, and social differences
Being able to differentiate between a
student having difficulties related to
language learning and between a
student having difficulties related to
cognitive development
Give lessons in all language areas such as
letter/word work, rereading, and running
record
By thinking unbiasedly it will be easier to
be sensitive to all differences without
having to over think
Know the children personally and what they are interested in
Provide opportunities for children to use their oral language