In the third grade classroom I am observing, the students, who have disabilities, are only in the classroom a couple times throughout the day. The students come in for the beginning morning meeting and then leave until lunch and recess. During morning meeting, we get into a circle and greet each other. All our students love this because it usually includes some sort of mini-activity or game. It’s a good way for our students to start the day and let out a little energy before we start.
When our students with disabilities come back for special (art, gym, keyboarding, etc.), lunch and recess, they are again back into typical activities. During specials, they have a different teacher that runs that special for that day. There is also a different teacher for lunch and recess so we don’t get to see what that looks like for our students. I am usually outside for recess and our students usually always want us to watch them or play with them. They are lots of fun outside and love running around and getting out energy.
During the day, our students with disabilities go into the multi-sensory room with another teacher and other students. The student’s love going there and get to play in the sensory room all day. They also work on different school subjects and different social skills and cues that they need to work on. It’s an awesome program that the school has and it’s one of the only schools that have this program in the area.
At the end of the day, the students come back and get ready to leave for the day alongside the rest of the class. They get on the buses or go with the walkers to their home. This system at the school works very well; although, I would like to eventually see all students in one classroom all day.
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