Different Children, Different Learning

"If the child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns" - Rita Dunn

As educators, how often do we reflect on our classroom instruction?  Do we take a step back and evaluate our teaching styles?  Are we meeting the needs of the our students?  Is our instruction playing an important role in making our students life-long learners? 

We plan, modify, and implement lessons to help children master the basic literacy skills of reading and writing as well as mathematics.  As teachers, we hope to  help students to realize their fullest literacy potential. 

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With the professional goal of being teachers for English language learners, we should first understand our students.  We should become familar with who they are, where they are from in terms of their race and culture background.  Secondly, we must try to draw from student's experiences and cultural worlds to build instruction.  A classroom climate that is culturally sensitive will promote excellent learning opportunities for all students.