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Methodology Interview with Educator

I was able to interview Ms. Villasenor. She is a second-year kindergarten teacher at JC Mitchell Elementary in HISD. She is bilingual certified, and I am so grateful that she took time out of her busy schedule to share a close look and knowledge about her classroom, her students, and the interactions that take place there. I also found this to be exceptionally insightful since I have been placed year-long in a 5 th grade classroom.             Ms. Villasenor advocates deeply for differentiated instruction and being supportive. One thing she does as a must is constantly provide visuals in order to build a bridge to connect their learning of content in English and Spanish. Being able to differentiate instruction yields growth for students on an individual level which is significant. I personally believe that having a student grow in your classroom with their own way and at their own pace is more rewarding that not differentiating ...

Methodology Entry 2

Click here to view my interview with an ELL. Welcome back to my blog! I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael T. He is an U.S. born English language learner. (Wright, 2015). His parents migrated from Tamaulipas, Mexico in search of the American dream about 45 years ago. During Michael’s early school years, his parents spoke little English, enough to get by. Michael and his older sister are about 7 years apart so he learned English through socializing with her prior to being enrolled in the United State’s public school system. His parents, mostly his mother, chose to have him placed in a traditional classroom opposed to a bilingual classroom so that he could excel in learning English and eventually transition to speak primarily that language. Michael's experiences were very much fortunate in the classroom. He remembers having extremely effective educators who made use of music, movements, and visuals. Michael believes he didn't struggle as much as he could’ve had due to...

Methodology Entry 1

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