Equity Prompt 1

I thought it was interesting to learn about how to support children of low-income families, since I would be interesting in working with children inner-city. I thought it made sense that programs of early intervention show significant differences for students.

School is set up with a lot of expectations for students, some of which students may not have. This can be seen with ESL students. It is assumed all students who enter school will know English, and that is seen on worksheets and around the classroom. However, that could be inequitable to students who may still have trouble learning the language.

I think it would be effective to have the student practice speaking formally and informally in some situations. I think it would be a good idea to have a student write a story written in formal language, but allowing characters to speak however they may. This would take what the student is comfortable and combine it with practicing the end goal. Another thing a teacher could do is tell the student that she admires her effort and would like her to speak up in class, and possibly rephrase what the student says after she speaks up so the child hears the correct way to say it.