Seven Barriers to Learning

Friday in Teacher Cadet we began class like normal: pot notes and SSR. We are reading a book called “A Child Called It” and it is wonderful. The book directly ties in with our Special Education unit and correlated with the seven barriers of learning. After SSR, we unwrapped our tie-dye shirts and they look AWESOME. I can’t wait to wear them on Wednesday when we visit different classrooms. Mrs. Sutusky hung them all outside her classroom, and we picked them up at the end of the day. Our lesson today consisted of learning about the seven barriers to learning. Mrs. Sutusky broke us into several groups and assigned each group a barrier to learning. We used the Jigsaw Method to present each barrier to the class.

Here are the seven barriers to learning:

1. Abuse

2. Death, dying, and grief

3. Depression and suicide tendencies

4. Eating disorders

5. Latchkey Children

6. Sleep deprivation

7. Substance abuse

We have out Special Education test next week, and Wednesday is our observation day. I am looking forward to another great week in Teacher Cadet.

Our shirts drying outside of Sutusky's room

Veta and Amanda with their shirts