blog post #5

I read Laura Pace's blog.  Which was wonderful and gave me lots of good insight.  There were two things that stuck out to me the very most.  The first one was a very simple statement but it has huge effects.  "The more aware you are about who you teach, the more you realize adaptations need to be made for what you teach.  This is really the basis of differentiation.  You won't even have to think of it as differentiation, it will just come natural.  When you know your students you will know exactly what and how they need to be taught.
The second thing that I loved was the simple statement, " I am your partner in growth."  This says so much to a student.  I will be a teacher who admits when they are wrong and tries to fix things as I go.  If things don't work I'll have to change them up.  I will be learning far more than any of my students this year and they will be fully aware of this.  I want them to know that I value learning and I want to learn as much as I can while teaching them as much as I can.  We will ALL grow as individuals and as a class together.  THANKS LAURA!