Personal Narrative: My Place In A Diverse Classroom

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Within my kindergarten classroom setting, we have a variety of diverse learners. I have four English Learners; two who do not speak English and the other two are at the immediate and advanced level. I have a student who is an all-academic I.E.P and 504 who is also on behavioral intervention plan as well. I was informed of two homeless students who are in my classroom as well. This is not where the diversity ends though. We have four struggling readers and quite a few students who struggle with writing their letters correctly. My mentor teacher accommodates each student's needs to raise their success rate as students. Being placed in a diverse classroom has opened up my eyes to the different circumstances a student comes into the classroom with.

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