The classroom has a total of four students, which isn’t too big to help each child individually. There are three male students, and one female student. Three of the students are from two-parent households, while one student lives with a single-parent. I found that 50% of the students have lisps, …show more content…
To show true learning or to even grasps a better concept, students will be asked to teach another student the correct way to produce a phoneme and/or phoneme blend. Children will break into groups of two for 10 minutes minutes. One will teach for 5 minutes and the other will teach for the final 5. The students will then switch partners and repeat the process. In the last 10 minutes, the students will each have about 2-3 minutes to teach me how to produce the phoneme(s).
Day four (30 minutes): My final instructional strategy will involve the use of board games, classroom space and rewards to deviate away from paperwork and drills (1,6,3,4). Drills, drawing, and other repetitive work can become monotonous. To keep the students engaged and interested, we will use games and movement. An example would be of the board game “Wordy Race”. Each student will have a player piece on a board. Each child will take turns reading words off of cards. If the child says all words correctly, they will roll dice and move their piece. First one to the finish line will win (if the game gets that far). If the child stays engaged, gives effort, and follows instructions; they will receive a reward at the end of class. This instructional strategy is used as a treat and an earned privilege for the students--not a