Accommodating disabilities and classroom management

          In today's class session I shared my practicum experience from this morning, and my book review.  I shared the book Doctor De Soto with a second grade class at Price Elementary.  After reading the story, the students completed a story map that included the title, characters, setting, problem, and solution.  When they were finished with the story map, I asked them to write their own story continuing from where we left off with Doctor De Soto and his wife taking the day off.  I asked them to draw a picture to illustrate what they think the De Soto's did.  The students' stories were very interesting, some of them wrote about going shopping at Macy's and going to the beach.
          We also discussed disabilities and how we can accommodate our students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment.  Some disabilities we discussed were speech impairments, visual impairments, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and emotional disorders.  I believe knowledge about how we can accommodate these students are very important because they are mainstreamed into our classroom.  I like how Rachel and Amanda shared their ideas on how we can solve the problems that regular classroom teachers are faced with when teaching or dealing with a student with a disability.
          The last topic we talked about in class was classroom management.  It is very important to have strong management skills when it comes to your classroom.  It not only will encourage student learning, but it will also help the teacher as well.  Overall, I absorbed a lot of information from today's session as far as disabilities, classroom management, and the integration of technology.  Today's session also added more titles to my book list!