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Tech Teacher back with another exciting blog post to explain how I designed a lesson to support students in a third grade classroom setting! The lesson was on rounding and incorporated engaging activities to help support learning.  The first step in choosing the best instructional strategies to differentiate and engage diverse students is to get to know them! A VARK Interest Inventory was used to help discover the learning styles of the group of students. The data found that overall students were visual, auditory, and reading/writing learners. There was also an interest inventory to find which activities students like to engage in. The data found that students enjoy games, QR code tasks, and whiteboard activities. The formative assessments in math included check ups and exit tickets which found that the majority of students needed additional practice with rounding. Therefor, the differentiated lesson focused on the standard NBT.A.1. The learning targets were structured based on stu...

 References  Lincoln Land Community College. (2021).  Characteristics of Learning Styles . Lincoln Land Community College. https://www.llcc.edu/center-academic-success/helpful-resources/characteristics-learning-styles     Sears, R., & Al Schademan. (2023).  The Practicality and Effectiveness of Differentiated Instruction in Elementary Classrooms . https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/hq37vw415   University of Kansas. (2021, June 28).  Different Learning Styles—What Teachers Need T o Know . KU SOE. https://educationonline.ku.edu/community/learning-styles-what-teachers-need-to-know   ‌ Wilson, M. (2012). Students’ Learning Style Preferences and Teachers’ Instructional Strategies: Correlations between Matched Styles and Academic Achievement.  SRATE Journal ,  22 (1), 36–44.  

 Dear readers, Total Tech Teacher is back with another helpful blog post about the importance of learning style inventory data on teacher planning!  Let's review the data collected from the previous learning style inventory a small group of students completed. Here is the information that was found: Student A preferred texts with illustrations and explanations using pictures Student B preferred reading/writing about new concepts  Student B also preferred reading/writing about animals and nature Student C preferred learning with diagrams and videos Student D preferred listening to texts and having information explained verbally Suggested Instructional Strategies  Visual: highlighting, charts, graphic organizers Auditory: music/songs, storytelling, and presentations Read/Write: note-taking, reflections, writer's workshop Collecting data on learning styles had a positive effect on student engagement! Based on the results, it is important to note the student's preference...

Interconnection of Learning Styles & Development  Total Tech Teacher back with another informative blog!!  I am writing this post to highlight the interconnection that is present within visual, auditory, and reading/writing learners! Educators can include activities to help support all types of learners. In addition, I will be addressing various ways that each learning style is connected with our human developmental areas --- cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical.  To begin, I will be addressing our visual learners out there! Visual learners prefer to see information through pictures, illustrations, diagrams, and videos. It is interesting to know that this learning preference is tied to our human development. Visual learners must cognitively process information in their brain to gain understanding. If you are a visual learner, you might find yourself looking at a digram for a long period of time to fully process the information presented. Visual learn...