IFO Differentiation Practices in the Classroom

4 November 2022

I am having a hard time responding to the prompt for this week because I did not see a whole lot of differentiation, if any, that I can identify here. There are a handful of students in my class(es) who are either ELL students or have 504s… However, I have not really seen my mentor teacher differentiate instruction, and maybe only make accommodations, but this hasn’t occurred in any way I can actually identify this week. I gave my first official lesson this week, and I feel as if I differentiated instruction more than my mentor teacher did. I had students respond to a prompt, and they could choose to respond in whatever medium made the most sense or was the most functional for them. Honestly, I did this before I was informed of students who were ELL or had 504s. I did also give special assistance to my ELL students and simply rephrase the question and guide them to have a better understanding of what I meant. I did this by helping them break down the structure of the sentences in the question and then deciphering what each piece was specifically asking for.