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Differentiation in the classroom When teaching special education it is important for teachers to make sure that there are differentiated instruction strategies for students. Since not every student is the same, it is important that these differentiated design strategies meet the needs of students to ensure that these students can access the content being taught. In my current special education classroom, I have three third graders as well as one fourth grader. Students whom differentiated instruction would be appropriate for include my students who are affected by autism, and especially one student whose academic readiness level is far below his classmates. In my latest ELA lesson plan unit, the differentiated instruction was geared toward my third grader whose academic readiness level is far below his classmates . When it came to a reading assignment, I was able to differentiate instruction by reading the book out loud as a class,  or having a para educator read the book out lou

Multicultural Content and Perspectives in Lesson Planning Teaching K5 Special education is rewarding, as I get to follow the same curriculum and state standards as general education teachers. All students should learn the meaning of diversity, and be aware of multicultural content and perspectives. Lessons in the ELA block can help reflect the diversity of the community, region, county and world by inspiring themselves and others through literature and text to compare experiences and feelings about what is right and what is wrong. The lesson that contained multicultural content and Perspectives that I applied to my classroom taught students  about diversity and discrimination. This lesson allowed students to define diversity and discrimination, as well as apply what they learned and come up with ideas that they can apply to the real world. It is important to introduce students to multicultural content and multiple perspectives at an early age in order to prepare them for real lif