23 Sep For this assignment, you will be given a scenario related to effective classroom arrangements in an elementary classroom. You will then provide possible suggestions/

EEX 4601

Portfolio Assignment: Classroom Layout

For this assignment, you are going to seat the four students with diverse needs in the provided classroom layout. For each of the profiled student, you will identify where you would place the student in the classroom and provide a rationale for their placement taking into consideration the specifics of their profiles and strategies for placement considerations.

First review their profiles. Then look at the classroom seating chart provided. Decided where you will place them and then provide a rationale for their placement in the “seating rationale” section at the bottom of this assignment. See more details below.

Student Profiles

· Robert: 9.2 years old, fourth grade

· Latisha: 9.7 years old, fourth grade

· Helen: 9.4 years old, fourth grade

· Paulo: 10.4 years old, fourth grade

Scenario

Following their special education math class, Robert, Latisha, Helen, and Paulo join the rest of their general education students in an inclusive instructional lab for science instruction. The special education teacher has requested that the science teacher place these fourth graders at seating locations separate from one another, so as to allow them to interact more easily with their peers. To help facilitate their seating assignments, the special education teacher offered the following information:

Robert Needs to be near the dry erase board to see written material or near the demonstration table to see demonstrations .

Is easily distracted by other students due to his ADHD

Likes to volunteer to help the teacher.

Latisha Is shy

Is easily pulled off-task by distractions, especially computers

Does a good job of pretending to be on-task when she does not understand how to do something or just isn’t interested

Helen Is talkative

Will try to monopolize the teacher’s attention

Is a strong reader .

Paulo Loves science

Gets along well with other students

Works well in groups

Has a crush on Latisha

Speaks English as a Second Language: Has improved substantially but still struggles some with English

Possible Strategies to Use in Rationale

• Minimizing distractions

• Maximizing access

• Matching arrangement to lesson purpose

• Increasing ease of movement

1. Review the STAR sheets (in Canvas module) and Other resources for the possible strategies

2. Assign each of the four students one of the lettered seats in the classroom sketch below.

3. Provide a rationale as to why you selected these specific seating locations and indicate which strategies (from the possible strategies identified above) you used to make your decisions. The rationale should be a paragraph long for each student. You need to also make certain that you address all the specific details provided about each of the students as part of the rationale.

Seating Rationale

Robert

· Identify Where to be Seated by Letter:

· Provide Rationale for Seating and Strategies Considered:

Latisha

· Identify Where to be Seated by Letter:

· Provide Rationale for Seating and Strategies Considered:

Helen

· Identify Where to be Seated by Letter:

· Provide Rationale for Seating and Strategies Considered:

Paulo

· Identify Where to be Seated by Letter:

· Provide Rationale for Seating and Strategies Considered:

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Assignment adapted from IRIS