Reflection 10

Chapter 10 talked about addressing students with special needs. The textbook addressed students with learning disabilities, students with mental, behavioral, or emotional disabilities, students with visual or hearing impairments, and so on. The author really went into some feasible ways to modify or adapt the science lessons so that any student could participate.
I feel that science may be one of the harder subjects to make modifications to. It is more than making modifications to a worksheet or a textbook. There are activities that you do that may require more modifications and planning than most other activities a teacher may prepare.
You as a teacher may not be able to know which modifications need to be made. Especially, the first day you may have to improvise on the spot the modifications you may need. You can plan for some modifications, but there are so many that could be made depending on the needs of the specific child. You may know ahead of time depending on the availability of the needs.
The modifications for each of the special needs students may be different. Each student may need a different modification, which could make for some long lesson planning days. Once you get to know your students and know what thier strengths and weaknesses are, planning modifications should become easier.
I felt that the modificaitons provided in this chapter were modifications that I could easily use in my classroom. I feel that this textbook as a whole would be a huge asset to me in the future. I plan on keeping this book and referring to it for all of my science needs in the future. Not only does the author provide good science activities for students to really understand, but the modifications that the author provided in this chapter were modifications that could really be used. There are some authors who make suggestions that really cannot be used or are so off base that they are ridiculous. This author gives ideas and suggestions that are realistic and can easily be used by anyone in the future.