Classroom Demographics

Within my class, I have a number of ELL

students. In order to accommodate for this, I
try to incorporate more group work, visual
aids, pre-teach whenever possible, and allow
for language scaffolding when possible. For
example, researching websites I gave them on
their computer, I include some websites in
English and some in the second language in
order to give these ELL students the
opportunity to read both. The rest of my class
is African American or two or more races.
Knowing this allows me to use instructional tools related to their demographic (for example:
choosing some books with key African American characters).

Source: teacher observation

Males and females, for the most part, learn best

in different ways. Over half of my class is
male. Keeping this in mind, over half of the
time in the classroom, I need to gear my
instruction to be more hands-on, require more
motor activity, involve games and competition,
and suit the shorter attention spans of my third
grade boys.

Source: teacher observation

Classroom Demographics
In my classroom, and the entire school,
all the students receive free breakfast
and lunch. This helps me better
understand the economic status of a
large majority of my classroom. My
students may not have as many
resources at home if they are from a
lower economic status.

Source: Ms. Cruell

I have a number of students on RTI’s

and a number of ELL students.
Knowing that I have a number of
students who need a little more guided
instruction allows me to know that I
need to differentiate my instruction in
different ways and have resources
readily available for students who need
further or different help.

Source: Ms. Cruell

School Demographics

Looking at these statistics

tells me a lot about the
surrounding population of my
school. This also explains
why a large majority of our
students are ELL students
because there is a large
majority of Hispanic students.

The male to female

population is close, but not
exactly equal. More boys in
the school mean more
hands-on activities and
involvement of motor skills.
School Demographics

Knowing that the whole school

has free lunch tells me that the
large majority of the surrounding
communities of my school have a
lower economic status. Therefore,
as an educator I will try to keep
costs low for my students when
asking for supplies and field trips.
I will also encourage the school to
create experiences for these
children who might not always
have the financial means to go out
and experience the world.

Whatever the disabilities are, a

little over a tenth of my school
has at least one of them. As a
result, there are a lot of pull out
programs and more than one
resource teacher. The teachers do
their best to differentiate their
instruction in order to help
accommodate for these students.