In teaching a lesson, when should you use cues, questions, and advance organizers? What adaptions might these need in working with students who are Deaf/Hard of hearing?
Cues, questions, and advance organizers can be used when further engaging students in new content. These things help students to access prior knowledge and promote better understanding. The more a child knows about a subject the more engaged that child will be in the learning. There is a place for these tools in every lesson. However, as educators of the deaf and hard of hearing we are often faced with modifying teaching techniques for our students. A few ways these teaching tools can be modified is maybe having the teacher fill out the advanced organizer while the student tells them what to write and providing lots of visuals for the cues and questions.
What are your thoughts on homework? Will you assign homework? How often do you think students should have homework? Do you agree with the authors in CITW? Why or why not?
I am really torn on this subject. Part of me thinks that the children are in school eight hours a day five days a week and home should be for family. Another part of me thinks that it is beneficial. The book says that the amount of homework assigned is directly related to the grade level which I agree with. I do not believe that homework is necessary or even beneficial for lower elementary students other than maybe getting them used to having it for the older grades. At the high school age there is so much content to cover sometimes it seems that homework is the only way. I think my assigning homework will depend on the grade level. I do not think I will assign homework for elementary aged students. I think if I do assign homework to middle school students it will be minimal and I will assign high school students homework but it will not be as extensive as many schools do. I believe that education is almost the most important thing, but it is not more important than family and the experiences you get when spending time together. I know not every student goes home to be with their family and a lot of them play video games, watch movies, or hang out with friends but I wouldn't want to eliminate that possibility. All in all I do agree with what the book has to say regarding homework.
Shelby--you posted your response prior to class, which is fine. But, I wonder if you have anything to add or would like to change since our discussion and videos on cues and questions. I like your suggestion on the student telling the teacher what to write. This would be a good strategy to use especially to get the students to express what they know. I agree with your comments on homework. Family is important, but it also important for the family to support and know what students are working on at school. I think you can come up with a good balance along with communication with parents to make this work. Good thoughts.
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