1. Action Plan for Differentiation: Bella
Samuel Student
EDU 399
Professor Jones
November 13, 2050
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2. Part A: Bella’s Learning Profile
Third grader (8 years old) at Star Elementary School
Family immigrated from Mexico five years ago
Family lives at poverty level
Bella speaks English at school, Spanish at home
Bilingual interpreter needed for all
parental, in-person conferences
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3. Part A: Bella’s Learning Profile, Continued
Due to Bella’s struggles with reading comprehension and math, she was evaluated for specific learning disabilities. It was determined that she has an average IQ, but has dyslexia and expressive language processing disorder.
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that primarily affects reading and its severity varies between individuals (Learning Disabilities Association [LDA], 2016).
Language Processing Disorder (LPD) impacts how a student processes language from the sound of letters, words, sentences, and stories (LDA, 2016).
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4. Part B: Strategies for Bella’s Success
Speech Pathologist
Increased teacher time
Classroom Accommodations
Shorter reading assignments
Longer time for math
Time with Tutor (me)
Location: Star Elementary
One-hour sessions, twice a week
Collaboration with Bella’s teacher to strategize
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5. Part C: Strategies for Bella’s Success
As Bella’s tutor, I plan to use the constructivist approach for effective learning.
Vgygotsky developed constructivism methods with the premise that children and adults are unique in how they take in, process, and recreate information; this approach supports teaching strategies such as scaffolding and modeling (Hall, Quinn & Gollnick, 2015).
Scaffolding. Hall et al. (2015) explained that “scaffolding denotes starting instruction with small tasks the learner already knows and building on that knowledge” (p. 14).
Modeling. Modeling occurs when a teacher explains a concept while providing an example for the learners (Hall et al., 2015).
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6. Part C: Strategies for Bella’s Success, continued
Bella’s teacher said that Bella has difficulty reading at the first grade level and suggested that she work with sight words and first grade books. Both sight words and phonetics have been proven to help students who have dyslexia (McArthur et al., 2015). With this in mind, my lesson plans include:
Recognizing letters and numbers by use of a movable alphabet and numerical set
Modeling by saying the names of the letters and sounds so I can help her encode and decode letters and create phonemic awareness (Wadington, 2000).
Scaffolding by removing the letters and asking Bella to put them back in order with the goal of completing the line of letters by herself.
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7. Writing Center In conclusion…. Successful teaching and learning takes:
Understanding a student
Collaboration with other educators and parents
Careful, strategic lesson planning
Appropriate teaching strategies
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8. Writing Center References
Gardiner, K. (2009). Children’s Mariachi [photo]. Retrieved from Hall, G. E., Quinn, L. F., & Gollnick, D. M. (2014). Introduction to teaching: Making a difference in student learning. Thousand oaks, CA: SAGE. Learning Disabilities Association (LDA). (2016). Types of learning disabilities. Retrieved from McArthur, G., Castles, A., Kohnen, S., Larsen, L., Jones, K., Anandakumar, T., & Banales, E. (2015). Sight word and phonics training in children with dyslexia. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 48(4), doi: / Wadington, E. (2000). Effective language art instruction for students with Dyslexia. Preventing School Failure, 44(2), 61.
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