IV.

Diversity of Learners

In Ms. Moss’s second block Language Arts class, the students are like typical sixth grade

learners with abilities ranging from below average to greatly above average. Overall, the class is

has an average ability level. The eight males and eleven females’ ages range from 11-13 years

old. Ethnicity is broken down into twelve Black students, five White students, and two Hispanic

students. When it comes to what the students like to do, they are characteristic are other children

at their age and grade level. When asked what they enjoyed doing and what were some of their

favorite things, students gave replies such as talking on their cell phones, playing with their

friends and family, shopping, and participating in a variety of sports. The learning styles of our

students vary from student to student. Some students are strictly visual learners where they get

the most out of activities such as reading out of the textbook and seeing notes being put on the

board. The auditory learners in our class benefit from participating in listening to stories being

read aloud and receiving verbal instructions along with their written ones. My kinesthetic

learners usually can be found drawing or doodling during class or the first ones to correct a

problem by hand on the board. The students tend to blend well during instruction as my teacher

teaches to benefit all types of learners. In my second period class, I do not have any students with

special needs.