What jumped out at me in the first chapter was the questionnaire that they proposed to send out at the beginning of the school year. The author talked about knowing the kids in your class by handing out questionnaires and asking questions about their lives. The questionnaires are supposed to help teachers tailor their classes for the students in their class.
The use of such a questionnaire had never even crossed my mind when I thought about teaching students with different abilities. Some of the questions that the book proposes really made me think about the relationships between students and teachers. Some such questions were “how do you get to school?”, “what do you do after school?” and “what time do you usually get to bed at night?” (pg. 10). It really stuck out to me because I never would have imagined one of my teachers in school asking me those sorts of questions. This is probably the best way to really find out about your students and I plan on implementing some version of this when I get into the classroom.
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