Vignettes: A Reflection from the View of a Pre Service Teacher
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Vignette 1: Descriptive Reflection
During my PEx time at Windsor Public School, I was assigned to the deputy principal’s class, which was a 5/6 co-taught class between two teachers. The class consisted of thirty-two students and was filled with students with a wide range of mixed abilities and needs such as students who were medicated for behavioural problems and a student who had dyslexia. The class had a learning support teacher who worked exclusively with the student with dyslexia on a Monday and Friday.
It was during my first spelling lesson on the Monday morning that I made a pedagogical decision when I was not sure what to do. The lesson entailed me providing a pre-set spelling list created by the supervising teacher for students to copy into their spelling books. The students then were expected to complete a word sort that used the words from the spelling list. Students were to work in pairs to complete the word sort and upon finishing the word sort, we would engage in a whole class discussion about which category the words belonged to.
I found that for the majority of the students, they completed the task at a similar pace. Some students appeared to struggle, one of was the student with dyslexia. At this…
