Blog #6

I have seen many Diverse learning strategies in my service learning classrooms. For instance a child that has ADHD was given a rocking chair as her desk seat for her to rock in when feeling irritable. The teacher and her parents had set up a reward system for her. Where the parents would buy her things she wanted but it would be given to her teacher to place in her prize drawer to earn every week. At the end of the week, her and the teacher would review the assignments and good behavior sticks that she had received. If she met the goal for the week she would receive her prize and set new goals for the following week. The teacher explained that this was implemented by her and the parents based off her learning disability and wanting to help her excel in ways she thought was rewarding and would find achievable. This scenario came into my mind when we were learning about Exceptional students with learning disabilities and strategies in Culturally Responsive Learning.

In another class I experienced Diverse learning during math time. Where the teacher had made a Multiplication box and a division box. In each tab it held 10 problems of multiplication and would start with 0 and end at 10 after that was mastered they would be able to move on to division which mimicked the same as the multiplication box. The teacher explained she put this in place because she didn't want those who didn't get all the 5's right move on into the 6's without having mastered the previous number. She wanted them to excel at their own pace not at the whole classroom pace. So every Monday and Thursday  they had the opportunity to pass to the next level with a 3 minute timer to do their 10 math problem sheet. If they didn't complete it in the 3 minutes or get them all correct,  then they would have to practice again and take the quiz again on Thursday. I thought this was a great way to let the children not feel left behind. This fits perfect for what I learned in Culturally Responsive Learning strategies.