Author Archives: suriti singh

Appreciating all languages!

Pappamihiel, E., & Lynn, C. A. (2014). How Can Monolingual Teachers Take Advantage of Learners’ Native Language in Class?. Childhood Education, 90(4), 291-297. This article highlights on due to the high rise of migration/ immigration, in almost every country today, … Continue reading

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Building Confidence

Vazquez, A. (2014). Building Academic Confidence in English Language Learners in Elementary School. Online Submission. The purpose of this article and research is to explore how we as teachers can build academic confidence in English language learners. As we are … Continue reading

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Practicing Before Applying!

Taylor, B. (2015). Content, Process, and Product: Modeling Differentiated Instruction. Learning to Teach, 13-17. In this article, we see how to model differentiated instruction by demonstrating ways educators can incorporate approaches to address the needs of students, their interests, and … Continue reading

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Real-life classroom examples

Tomlinson, C. A. (1999). Mapping a Route Toward Differentiated Instruction. Educational Leadership, 57 (1), 1-8. Carol Ann Tomlinson, in this article, does a great job with exploring three different teaching strategies. The fact that three real life examples are used … Continue reading

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Preparing teacher candidates for differentiated instruction

Washburn, G. N. (2008). Alone, Confused, and Frustrated: Developing Empathy and Strategies for Working with English Language Learners. The Clearing House, 81(6), 247–250. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/stable/30190007 Washburn, in his article, does a fantastic job of describing what it may feel … Continue reading

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Creating & Sustaining Inclusive Strategies

Lopez, F., & Iribarren, J. (2014). Creating and Sustaining Inclusive Instructional Settings for English Language Learners: Why, What, and How. Theory into Practice, 53(2), 106-114. Francesca Lopez and Jacqueline Iribarren, who are both assistant educators at different universities in the … Continue reading

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Practicum & Inquiry Reflection – February 18th, 2016

Thursday, February 18, 2016, Practicum Reflection: My SA sat down with me to go over some assessment. We started with doing word cards and then went on to counting. Before she had me assess the students, she wanted me to … Continue reading

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Inquiry- Practicum Reflection: February 11th, 2016

On Thursday, February the 11th, 2016 I had the opportunity to teach a math lesson in my kindergarten practicum classroom. In the past, I have focused more on teaching a standard- traditional lesson, where I explain the topic/ lesson and … Continue reading

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Meeting the needs of all of our students

Levy, H., M. (2008) Meeting the Needs of All Students through Differentiated Instruction: Helping Every Child Reach and Exceed Standards. Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 81(4), 161-164. In this article, the author and reseracher Levy … Continue reading

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Inquiry & Practicum Reflection From February 4th, 2016

As we are headed towards our long practicum, along with lesson planning I am trying to pick up on as many learning strategies. I want to try to help assist every single student needs in my practicum classroom. Of course, this … Continue reading

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