Student Profile

Student #1 ESLPersonal

• 17 year old Hispanic female• Her primary language is Spanish.• She is average height and average weight for an eleventh grade

girl. • Her family is middle class• She lives with her mother and three sisters.• One is older and two are younger• Her parents still have a business in the Dominican Republic, so

her Dad lives there most of the year. • The family travels back and forth between Georgia and the

Dominican Republic throughout the year.

Student #1Academic

• She reads at her grade level•She excels at science and math. • She is in a trigonometry class.•Her least favorite subject is social studies, because she does not know a lot of American history.•She receives no extra help in the classroom.•She is a visual and auditory learner.

Student #1Social

• She is very quiet in the classroom because she is not sure of her grammar at times.

• She is a good student, she gets good grades and completes all assignments

• She does not participate in class discussion, but does take very thorough notes

• She is very liked by her classmates and the teacher

• She smiles all the time

Student #1 Behavioral

• She is adaptive and does everything the teacher assigns

• She follows classroom rules and maintains appropriate behavior at all times

• She seems to work well with other students• She is a member of the Latino Club.

Student #2 IEPPersonal

• 17 year old white male• His primary language is English• He is average height and thin for a 17 year old boy• He is lower to middle class• He lives with both parents• He has an older sister.• Mother attended a technical college. She is a medical

secretary. The Dad did not go to college. He is a plumber.• He has lived here his whole life.

Student #2Academic

• He reads below his grade level.• He has difficulty with reading, writing, and math• His favorite subject is science• He gets extra time to finish tests• He has a cooperative teacher that helps him in

math class• He is an auditory and visual learner• He has an IEP

Student #2Social

• He is socially awkward in the classroom• He does not participate in class discussions• He will sometimes just sit and nor be paying

attention to the teacher• He does not always come prepared for class(pencil,

paper)• He does not seem to interact with the other students• He has little interaction with the teacher• He is a nice boy, but very quiet

Student #2Behavioral

• He is sometimes maladaptive at times.• His mind seems to be somewhere else when

he should be paying attention and taking notes

• He does seem to like working with other students

Student # 3 RegularPersonal

• 16 year old African-American female• Her primary language is English• She is average height for a 16 year old girl. She is very thin.• She is middle class• She has an older sister, two younger step-sisters, and one younger half

brother.• She lives with her Dad and her step-mother.• She was born in New York, but has lived in Georgia since she was a baby.• Her Dad started college, but never finished. He works for AT&T• Her step mom does not work.• Her mother is going to school to be a pastry chef.

Student # 3Academic

• She reads above her grade level• She excels in all of her subjects• She’s very artistic and creative• She receives no extra help in the classroom• She is a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic

learner

Student #3Social

• She participates in all class discussions and volunteers for reading aloud

• She is a teacher’s dream student: she completes all her work on time, she excels in class, she has a positive attitude in the classroom, and she is very popular with classmates and teachers.

• She is admonished sometimes for talking too much.

Differentiate

• Student #1: Follow up more with her before, during, or after class.

• Student #2 :He is invisible in the classroom; try to draw him out by asking him what he thinks.

• Student #3: Use her academic and social ability to help with other students who are not as confident or knowledgeable as she is.