Case study: Picture Writers: Journey Through the Writing Process with Eric Carle
Context: Marylin Evanston is a third grade elementary school teacher working with her students on a picture book about wild animals and habitats. She is collaborating with a reading specialist, Juanita Long.
Content: She wants to integrate three different subjects in one project: science, literacy and art with topics that are respectively wild animals and habitats, story maps and collage.
Disabilities: Oscar is student with visual impairment. He has difficulty to read print and usually requires the assistance of a transcriber.
Accommodation: - Helping Oscar following the entire process by providing a one-on-one relationship. A There is always a special teacher with him.
Modification: -Targeting books of different levels to students.
-Tiered assignments.
Strategies: - Cross curricular activity
- Constructivist method
- Create a small group of four peers
- Guided reading
Technologies: - Books and art
- Video player
- Camera
- Speech synthesis
The teacher always modifies her instructional strategies and uses a great number of technologies to better cope with the children's needs. (visual impairment, tactile learners, shy students...). Thus, her classroom becomes more interactive and appeals to everyone.
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