This week in SPED we talked a lot about accommodations for those that need them. In my group we had to make a list of requirements for a portfolio that we would use for all students. We had to make sure that the requirements were fair for all of our students. As we created this we realized how we could word things in our classroom to meet all the needs of our students. One thing that I realized is that options places a huge factor in this. You can't expect all of your students to be the same so when requirements are listed they have to be able to fit each student and that is where options comes into play. When you give a child options they can pick which thing will be best for them or best fit them. Also it is okay to have some requirements for things but you also need to have the options too. The requirement needs to be something that is easy for all students to achieve. Ours was that their tests were a required part of their portfolio. All of them would be taking the test so it would be easy to put into the portfolio. Everything else that they put in their portfolio would be a choice or an option. This would allow mercy if a child was to ose something or had a bad day and was not proud of their work.
Another thing that really stood out to me this week was the fact that fair and equal are not the same. I need to treat my students fair not equal. Equal means that they would all get the same thing but all children do not all need the same things. If things are fair then they meet each child's needs to the extent that they need their needs met.
The last thing that I thought was interesting is that playing can be learning. I never thought of it in that way but we do learn a great deal when we play. Especially when we play with others. This now has me thinking more about how I can implement play into my own classroom. Do I get to decide or is it all decided for me. I would like to incorporate play into learning so that my students find learning to be a lot more fun.
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