Using Peer Tutoring And Peer Assistance - 983 Words

Introduction After taking the survey, I now realize I wish I was doing more differentiated instruction in my classroom. I chose a lot of â€Å"somewhat agrees† and that means that I sometimes implement differentiation but not always. Reading through all of the questions really had my thinking on how I use them in my classroom. For example: one of the questions I had trouble with was: I make frequent use of peer tutoring and peer assistance in my classroom. I do not do any of that in my music classroom. I could try and have students help me hand out instruments or papers when we use them. Peer tutoring is what I struggled with the most and know for a fact that I do not use that in my teaching. I could however, when teaching quarter and†¦show more content†¦I will sometimes jot down by their name on the seating chart who needs help with what. Doing more formal assessments is a must in my classroom. One example of a formal assessment that I did this past year was teaching th e second graders the song â€Å"Rocky Mountain.† Once the song was memorized the students would come to the front of the room and sing â€Å"Rocky Mountain† for everyone to hear and I would grade them on their singing ability; if all words were memorized, sang each note on the correct pitch and if they sang in the correct key throughout. I found this to be very helpful with their personalities and interests because I found out who really liked singing and who did not really enjoy it. I also found out who was shy and who was more outgoing. This helped me prepare some of lessons for the next few times and I knew who I could call on to sing for everyone. Another strength that I have is helping students set individual learning goals. I recently helped a student who usually has a hard time concentrating and staying on task create a GPAR (Goal-Plan, Action and Result), to help him get through his classes more focused. It worked very well and the student got a great res ult and therefore I know I will be doing this more next year to help a lot more students become successful. Improvements Some of the improvements that I need to make in my classroom is taking inventory of my students’ learning preferences before I