My Experience In Teaching As A Special Education Teacher

When students rotated to the second station they were challenged to match vocabulary with definitions by piecing puzzle pieces together. As I teach math, it is easy to fall into the same pattern of drill and practice and expecting all students to demonstrate their problem solving skills through completion of math problems. As a special education teacher, within a math classroom, I constantly am thinking of how to accommodate all my students. However, after taking this course, it brought enlightenment of the different intelligences. This stations catered toward my linguistic and interpersonal learners. It allowed my linguistic learners to utilize the English language to demonstrate their understanding of the learned material and allowed independent …show more content…
Therefore I have recently created a lesson starting with a brain teaser that related to the lesson they would learned that day. This activated student’s prior knowledge. As some students struggle with abstract concepts such as my gold students, the students had options to work individually or with another student. As it can cause students anxiety to have an unfamiliar puzzle in front of them to figure out when they feel as though they have no prior knowledge I prefer to set these students up for success while including a challenge. However, my green students appreciated the chance to challenge themselves and think abstractly to answer the brain teasers. Some of my green students were reluctant to try as they felt there was no purpose and after explaining how it would connect to the lesson, were willing to try. The critical thinking brain teaser was perfect for my logical-mathematical …show more content…
I have more of an appreciation and understanding for the variety of students I have in the classroom. Post-graduation, my students will be challenged to embrace their personality, enhance their learning and accomplish goals that validate success. As a teacher my end goal is to prepare them for life ahead while teaching them the importance of acceptance and appreciation of others personalities and