There are so many fantastic techniques and methods used while teaching the given curriculum, but sadly they're not fabulous for everyone. I explored a curriculum barriers tutorial on...
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/curriculumbarrierstutorial.cfm?t_id=116&step=1
It was interesting to work through the steps of the process, choosing a student, choosing curriculum, and analyzing the data. I think the tools in this process and the blank template you can acquire would be excellent tools for any teacher currently working. It allows you a much more in depth view of your lesson, how to change/alter the lesson to actually reach all learners. This would also be great to work with a targeted group (maybe for an SGO). The student I chose to practice the tutorial with, Jamal, would have little help in my classroom if I continued to teach how I currently do. Third grade is writing intensive and that's something he has difficulty with. Using this curriculum barriers tutorial showed me to break down strengths and weakness to better understand how to customize education/delivery of content for all children. This is definitely something every educator should look at and try to practice with lessons in their classroom to evolve their teaching.
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Meghan, I was immediately drawn to your blog because the background, content and layout are so inviting. I wonder if your links would stand out more to your readers if you changed the font size and/or color - it would make for easy access for a hurried reader.
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