Something my CT now talks a lot about is the decline in parental communication. I have always heard in my teaching classes that it is important that student receive encouragement and learn at home too. That learning does not just stop at school. That is why I like this “million word” activity because it allows the teacher to communicate with the parents but it allows the teacher to see who has support at home. As a teacher I think that it is my job to also inform parents of what they children are doing and how they are doing in school. It does seem like parents have stop taking an interest in their children learning however that should not hinder us as teachers from informing them on their children or asking for their help. It is when we give up that a problem will have accord.
As a special education major I really liked reading the Bretfieder article. When working with special needs students it is important mainly to know what the disability is that the student has. I have seen in placements and in other courses where teacher just really blow off the disability and think the student does not want to learn. That is not the case it just sometimes takes longer. Adaptations need to be made sometimes like using visual aids, and keeping track of a student’s progress. Just by knowing what disability a student has may help a teacher know what type of accommodation to make for the student or the best course of action to take to help that student achieve what they need to achieve. It is just something we has teachers need to be aware of and understanding of so that all of our students can have an equal opportunity to learn.
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