Module+6+Final+Reflection

Go back to your Learning Plan and **use a different-colored font** to include these elements that respond to working with diverse needs in your unit or workshop. Everywhere that you have included activities that respond to meeting the needs of your diverse learners should be in a font color other than black. > > > > >
 * Curriculum Modifications for Diverse Learners**
 * ** **Evaluating Exceptionality, Strengths, and Weaknesses: **
 * **Determining Preferences: **
 * Describe the tools you will use to determine your students’ Module 1). A student survey was created using Survey Monkey. The questions for the survey were created using Student Interest Inventory and Learning Style survey.
 * Describe tools you will use to determine your students’ academic exceptionality, strengths, and weaknesses on the outcomes for this unit or workshop. The rubrics provided for the lessons,  Learning Inventory and profiles will be used to determine the students’ academic exceptionality, strengths, and weaknesses.
 * What academic gaps have you identified? There is quite a bit of independent research the students are responsible for during the Health unit. The academic gaps I have identified are the different reading levels of the students, andthe different technology literacies .
 * What instructional strategies or tools might help you close those gaps? Leveled books always help when students are on different reading levels. Technology also helps with this gap. Technology allows for students to hear passages read aloud, key vocabulary or concepts can be highlighted, simplified text is sometimes available. Allowing students extended time when using the technology tools. Some will be more fluent than others.
 * Where will you assess this in your unit or workshop?
 * How might integrating your students’ interests, learning styles, and learning profiles into your instruction enable them to meet learning goals? By integrating my students’ interests, learning styles, and learning profiles into this unit, it made the unit more relevant and appealing to the students . By providing students with options this allows them the opportunity to work in a learning environment tailored to their needs and interests.
 * Where will you include this in your instructional unit or workshop? For the final assessment the students have to create a commercial. <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The commercial is a representation of a persuasive. The students will be free to present their persuasive anyway they like. Whether it is in the form of a commercial, skit, news report. The only criterion is some form of media must be used.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">How can the student’s families, cultures, or community be connected to student learning within this unit? In performance task three, the students are creating a healthy family meal on a small budget. The meal will consist to foods from the five food groups. This is an excellent way for the students to connect their families, cultures, and community into the unit.
 * **<span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Modifying the Environment: **
 * **<span style="color: #ff3399; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Alternative Assessment: **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Describe alternate types of assessments you will implement to enable all of your students to demonstrate their learning.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">During this unit of study the students will produce a persuasive commercial convincing their peers to eat healthy. <span style="color: #ff3399; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The students will be allowed to produce a final product using other means. For example, a recorded skit, an on line cartoon, podcast, or a PowerPoint presentation. The only requirement is the final product has to be created using some form of multimedia.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What outside services could be included to help support your learners?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">How you will modify your learning environment to meet the needs of your diverse learners?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">How do you create a learning community where each student’s individual differences are respected? Creating a learning community where each student’s individual differences are respected is vital. This process must begin day one of class. There must be clear guidelines and expectations set in place for the students. <span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">There should be opportunities for the students to share their feelings and thoughts. The key is for students not to feel threaten or intimidated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Describe how you are using the information you gathered in your interview of your two learners with diverse needs to modify this instructional unit or workshop. <span style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instead of randomly grouping students, I would group them based on one of their similarities. Thus allowing the students to feel comfortable knowing that their group members share a similar interest.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">If your students are not English Language Learners, how could you adjust and modify within this unit for an ELL student? Because most English Language Leaners are on different language profiency levels, some helpful modifications are:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Peer tutors
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Graphic organizers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Visuals
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Provide short summaries of the information
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Recorded text
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Dictate the student’s thoughts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Dictate the student’s thoughts