Activity #2: Adaptations- Complete Table below concerning each of your selected

Focus Students. Use these students for your Lesson Adaptations

Use this table to help you plan instruction for your focus students and provide a
rationale for your decisions. Complete Table once for each Focus Student. Similar to TPA
tasks.

Focus Student #1: EL Student Grade level: 3rd

What sources were What information What impact will this information will
used to gather was gathered? have on instruction?
information?
Learning Modalities and Observation, Teacher Student often Student needs to be monitored closely to
Learning Style Preferences looks for other be reminded to stay on task. The teacher
(i.e., Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic/ tasks rather than speaks to him firmly to begin working;
hands on) completing seat however, it seems like he needs more
assignments. assistance to start his work.
Student needs
prompting in
order to do work.
Cultural Considerations: Observation Students with One focus student has family background
Ex. special needs are that affects his academic performance.
• Cultural Group sitting further Student stares at teacher for hints for the
• Proximity issues away from correct answer.
• Eye contact
• Home Language
teacher’s desk

Conversational Language – Observation 1. Able to Guesses answers to questions to test

Basic Interpersonal Interaction communicate and without logic behind choosing. When
Communication Skills (BICS) ask for help. student was asked for reasoning, he has
2. Unable to start no response.
work without
prompting
3.
Academic language : Observation Student uses When I was working with this student on
Cognitive Academic Interaction academic a math assignment, I asked him to explain
Language Proficiency vocabulary his method out loud so that I could
(CALP) inaccurately. understand what he was doing. Although
the student was multiplying numbers
together, he told me that he was
subtracting. This action indicates that he
is able to memorize the academic
language; however, he does not
understand the concepts.

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Study skills and general
academic ability Interaction
Observation This student This EL student needs additional
needs prompting supervision to help him read the passages
to begin work. out loud. I believe that he is capable of
After a few completing his assignments provided that
minutes of the assignments are read aloud to him
coaching and multiple times. He also needs to be
scaffolding, the guided to fully comprehend the
student started his assignment.
work, but he
needed additional
support in order
to begin.

Specific knowledge related to Observation Knowledge about Student knows academic terms but uses
the lesson content lesson content them inaccurately.
was not
determined
because students
waits for
prompting.
Physical, Social, and Observation Socially removed While playing outside, he seems to be
Emotional Development Teacher from classroom. highly interactive with his friends when
Seat partner often he is playing sports but without
tries to correct communication.
him.
Interests /aspirations Observation During recess, I Figuring out his interests in sports may
notice this help to develop trust and confidence in
student likes to his abilities.
play sports.

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