Teaching the diverse class.

Now that I have a curriculum map what am I going to do with it, and how am I going to teach it to my diverse classroom?

Classrooms comes with all types of learners.  There are English language learners, students from other cultures, advanced learners, students with different learning abilities, students that come from low-income homes, students that come from high-income homes, students that love school, and students that have given up completely on school, and lastly you have the students that are the "norm".  How does one teacher take all of those students into one class and survive the day?

It it through differentiation that the teacher will be able to reach each and everyone of those students everyday.  When the teacher builds a background with her students she gains a better knowledge of their needs and interests which helps her to know how to reach them academically.  It is important that the curriculum belongs to all of the students and the teacher will be able to achieve this goal by getting to know her students and interacting with them on a personal level.

Students need to be taught how to be self sufficient in their learning, they need to know how to activate their prior knowledge, they need to know how to inquire in themselves and in others through life experiences that they have had, and that they can relate to through others experiences.  All of these things help them to make meaning of their learning, it provokes questioning, and helps them to make sound judgments in active learning. When students know how to do these things it makes them more self-sufficient in the classroom and helps them achieve higher goals in the classroom.