What is Dyslexia
Keith Fechtman takes you on a journey through his struggles and teaches you about Dyslexia and how it affected him.
His goal to reach 1 million people by the end of 2020 to educate and teach what most people don't know about it.
He speaks at business conferences and schools.
What is Dyslexia
Keith Fechtman takes you on a journey through his struggles and teaches you about Dyslexia and how it affected him.
His goal to reach 1 million people by the end of 2020 to educate and teach what most people don't know about it.
He speaks at business conferences and schools.
1. Teachers in ActionFruitland Park Posse Kimberly Ethington kethington@knights.ucf.edu April 19,2010 EEX4070 ESOL Accommodations 4, 12
2. Early Perceptions In the beginning we met with the ESE coordinator at Fruitland Park Elementary School for our Teachers in Action experience. We then split up into small groups and was assigned a teacher. The ESE coordinator went over any and all concerns we may have working with ESE students. Our groups goal was to facilitate students in the area of test taking skills and learning strategies. The ESE coordinator also gave us a list of suggested activities she found in her book of differentiated learning strategies. I was really excited about my new challenge!
3. Introduction To The Setting Fruitland Park Elementary School 304 West Fountain St. Fruitland Park Florida
4. Personal Demographics My name is Kimberly Ethington. I am a junior at UCF in the Elementary Education program. I am a wife of 7 yrs and a mother of a 6 yr old little girl, named Emma. I am very much involved in my community, and church and love being a participant for Relay for Life. I am a substitute teacher and real estate agent for Exit Realty Tri County. I look forward to graduating in the Spring of 2011 and becoming a teacher, so I can make a difference in the lives of young children.
6. Engagement Activities While at Fruitland Park Elementary School, I used many activities with the students as ice breakers. Some of the activities we did were the Tooty-Ta, Hula Hoop Game, untying knots, and the Direction Game. The students really enjoyed these, and it got them relaxed before we began talking about different learning and test taking strategies.
7. Participant Demographics There were 19 students in this inclusion 5th grade class. The ages are two-10 yr olds, ten-11 yr olds, and seven-12yr olds. There are 8 boys and 11 girls in this classroom. The ethnic background is 12 white, 6 African Americans, and 1 Hispanic. The linguistic heritage of the class is 18 English speakers, and 1 Spanish Speaker. Exceptionalities are as follows: 5 SLD, 1 LD, 2 Speech, 1 Gifted and 3 ADHD.
8. Reflection of Experience I really enjoyed this assignment and my time at Fruitland Park Elementary. It really gave me an insight into what a teacher goes through everyday. It also gave me an insight that not all students come from the same background or learn the same way. Participating in this classroom with multiple learning disabilities really made me realize that each student is an individual, and I as a teacher need to take into account that children are children, and they all want to feel accepted and loved.
