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=**Learning Log #3**= In class: Today we took MI and Learning style tests to see what kind of learners we are. After taking my test, I learned that I am interpersonal and a visual learner. Having students take these kinds of test in the beginning of the year allows you as the teacher to know how to teach your class's different learning styles. I also really like the CPM accommodations guide and how it was easily to read and heplful to use in the classroom. The excel layout allows you to put in each students and fill out all the different learning styles each student. This would be great if you have many different cases in the class, which everyone does.

Going over the UDL lesson plan is overwelming to me right now. I need to sit down and reread the it and decide what lesson I am going to do. It is hard because I am not in a traditional classroom. Being in Montessori classroom, the student choose their own work and work at their own speed. Because i am going to be teaching first grade next year, I think I am going to talk to them about a unit that they do and make some lesson plans.

Readings: In the article, //Differentiated instruction and implications for UDL implementation,// it discuss what differentiated instruction is and how to incorperate it into UDL. I learned the three elements of the curriculm that can be differentiated are content, process, and products. I really likes how it gave descriptions for each element. I also liked how it gave additional guideliness that make it possible for teachers to attain, such as clarifing key concepts and generalization, using assessments as a teaching tool and not just measuring instruction, and encourging all learners is essential. The article also talks about UDL. I think it is funny that in all the article of UDL that we have read, it always gaves the example of the curb cuts. Anyways, it also talked about the UDL three principles but discussed CAST's three sets of board teaching methods that supports each three UDL principles. Overall, I really likes this article.