The teacher has an 18-student homeroom class with a yellow and gray themed classroom arranged in desk pods. 10 students are Caucasian, 8 are African American, and 4 have IEPs and 2 have 504 plans. The school practices ability grouping, so the teacher instructs the lowest reading group of 12 students reading at a 2nd grade level or below, and the highest math group of 18 students testing at a 5th grade level or higher. The whole school has 365 students in grades 3-5 taught by 5 teachers each, over half are African American, and 145 students have IEPs or 504 plans.

1. My Classroom
and Student
Population.

2. Look:
 My classroom is done in a yellow and
gray theme.
 Free of Clutter.

3. Look:
 Desk are arranged in pods with a storage
container in the center. This is so students
will not have to go far to get supplies.

4. Students Population: Homeroom
I have a total of 18 students
in my homeroom.
10 are Caucasian.
8 are African American.
4 students have an IEP, 2
have 504’s.

5. Ability Grouping
 Our school is in one of the two in the
county asked to try ability grouping.
 I have the lowest reading class. For
forty minutes out of the day I also
have the Special Education students
in 4th grade in my class.
 I have the highest math class in 4th
grade.

6. Students Population: Reading
 I only have a total of 12 students in my
reading group. All of these students
are reading on 2nd grade level or
below.
 In this group I have 6 African American
students and 6 Caucasian students.
 All these students have a 504, IEP, or
they are in SAT process.

7. Student Population: Math
 I have a total of 18 students in my
math group. This is the high math
group and all of these students are
Star testing at a grade 5 or higher in
math.
 4 students are African American and
14 students are Caucasian.

8. Student Population: Whole
School
 There are 365 students in the building.
This covers grade 3-5. There are 5
teachers in each grade level.
 Over half, roughly around 225
students are African American
 Our school is what one consider an
inner city school.
 145 of our students have a true IEP or
504. This does not include those that
are in SAT process.