The two things that jumped out for me in this chapter were the surveys that teachers could give their students to have a better idea of what each individual student's life is like which I found to be very good activities to use. The surveys asked basic questions about the students, which may never come up in the classroom otherwise, I think it is important for a teacher to know the basics about their students. Also throughout the chapter there are quotes from children in a classroom about their teachers and school.
What made this portion of the chapter stand out was the way that the book gave you an example of these surveys. Also the information that is provided through these surveys are so basic, but they provide a map of each students life to help the teacher better understand how the student can best learn. A student's personal life and daily schedule allows the teacher to know what obstacles they are against and how to work around them so that it does not affect their education. I would love to use this kind of activity within my own classroom someday.
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You've mixed the content of the two required paragraphs. I can tell that you covered everything that was asked for, and it's well written, but for future chapters, try the two paragraph approach. Thanks. " A students personal life" should be " A student's personal life". 2/4--need to fix punctuation and make the entry two paragraphs.
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