This week in SPED 310 we have been talking about strategies for independent learning. There are so many strategies that can help our students. I love that we have a variety of strategies that we can use to help individual students to be successful.
One activity that I really liked was the tallying activity that we did on Wednesday. For me, I felt that I was more focused on keeping tally marks than I was on the actual conversation that was taking place, but I can see how it would be helpful for students that are on the quiet side to speak up. As we were doing the activity, I was reminded of an experience that I had in my high school Spanish class. I was a really quiet kid, and I was always told to speak up. In Spanish, participation was a part of our grade. I was really shy, and I didn't want to speak up, so my grade was starting to suffer from it. My teacher noticed it, and asked to talk to me. I told her that I didn't really like to talk in class because I was afraid of getting the answers wrong. She was so nice and said that she would work with me. We came up with a plan. In class, we would usually have work time, and then we would go over the assignment. During work time, I would go and talk with my teacher, or she would come by my desk. I would show her one of my answers, and she would make sure that it was right. Then, when the time came, she would call on me to answer that question.
I was so thankful for my teacher being willing to find out what the problem was, and for being willing to help me succeed. From that experience, I have learned a lot about about advocating for myself. Not every teacher will do that for me, so if I have a problem I need to go to them. This is something that I hope that I can teach my students when I am a teacher. I would hope that most teachers are willing to sit down and work with the students that they have because it makes a huge difference!
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