1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds

Demonstrate knowledge of teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Differentiation is a key feature in any effective classroom; every class has students working at different levels. Across my placements, I have worked in a variety of schools that included students of diverse socio-economic, religious, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. 

During placement in grade 5/6 in a school with a very diverse cohort, that incuded ESL students, trauma affected students and neurodiverse students, I developed a small group lesson plan for explict reading instruction of a non-fiction book. Working in small groups like this is an effective way to differntate within a classroom of learners that ranged in skill from level 4 to level 8.