Most recent public comments by Jenna Cristino (Maplewood HS Ex-Ed Teacher) https://nowcomment.com/users/40325 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008792 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008792 Mrs. Beasley, At my old school in Chicago, science teachers were given the majority of EL students and many sped. students in their classes without support (even often without a sped. co-teacher because we were understaffed). I noticed that many of the sped. students and ELs that I taught were all failing their science classes, so I decided to join the science team and provide them with support/help them adapt materials to meet the needs of their students. I modified their exams, helped them plan lessons and unit assessments with these specific students in mind and eventually taught teachers how to do so. I can't agree more that science teachers often are overlooked in this regard. However, it sounds like you are doing a great job with making the curriculum accessible to them! :) Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:12:14 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008175 https://nowcomment.com/documents/101580?scroll_to=1008175 Guideline 2 (“Culturally responsive teaching places students at the center of the learning”) stood out to me the most. Specifically, when the chapter discussed how it is important to make sure “that the learning goals are explained in student-friendly language so that students can participate in setting goals for their learning and assess their learning” (45). I recently attended a PD on “Thinking Maps”, where we discussed that it would be beneficial for students to see a map/visual of the current unit up in the classroom, so they could better understand why they are learning what they are learning, and where this would be taking them/what the end goals would be. I loved the example given in the chapter that took a CCSS standard and turned it into a student-friendly language objective. In the future, I plan to create a visual unit map with student-friendly language and objectives that will help them understand what they are learning and goals for the unit (I plan to use a Flow map.. for those of you who are familiar with “Thinking Maps”). Fri, 11 May 2018 16:47:34 -0400