Imagine you are a third-grade general education teacher trying to support the needs of specific students in your classroom. Using the “ELM-500 Case Study,” write a 750–1,000 word essay that addresses the following areas of development:
- Describe each student’s current state of cognitive, linguistic, physical, social, and emotional development.
- Explain how you would use the background information and experiences, interests, and strengths of the students in the case study to design developmentally appropriate and engaging learning experiences, promote the acquisition of knowledge, and increase motivation.
- Describe three developmentally appropriate instructional strategies that a teacher could implement in a third grade classroom to support the learning of all students.
- Explain how you would adjust (differentiate) each instructional strategy to support Alicia, Sena, and Jeremy’s cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development. Use major concepts, principles, theories, and other research to support your adjustment suggestions.
- Describe one technique or strategy you could implement with each student in the case study to increase their motivation and promote self-directed learning.
- Explain what personal values and biases may affect teaching and how those can influence student learning, specifically students with diverse needs such as those in the case study.
Support your findings with a minimum of 3-5 scholarly resources.