RICA
Domain 1: Planning, Organizing, and Managing Reading Instruction
RICA
Competency 1: Planning, Organizing and Managing Reading Instruction
Grade
Level: First grade
One
important element of teaching students reading skills is differentiated
instruction. In my clinical practice class, the range of readers is vast. Most
of the students in the lowest reading level are English learners. Out of thirty
students, there are nine English learners. In previous years, Mrs. T has had
less than five ELs in her class. This year she decided to differentiate
instruction for her English learners and special needs students by adding materials
with more visuals. The picture below shows a chart in her classroom with
pictures of words that begin with the corresponding blending sound. Mrs. T
often refers to the chart when students are trying to sound out words. After
assessing some of the English learners myself, I found that they often have
problems with blending. Competency one of the RICA talks about the development
of foundational skills. Students cannot learn how to read words without the
foundational skill of blending. Competency one also stresses the importance of
differentiated instruction. One way the teacher accommodates the English
learners in the class is that she uses flash cards with picture cues during the
lowest reading group. This helps the English learners get used to repeatedly seeing
the word and understanding it’s meaning. I have also included a picture of the set
of flash cards at the end of this posting. Through the additional visual aids,
Mrs. T has differentiated instruction and promoted foundational skills.
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