Returning from Spring Break was a bit of a struggle for me. I had to get back into work mode. As a student, I had a lot of refreshing to do in preparation for a new week. In reviewing my assignments, especially those relating to my inquiry, I said to myself several times, " I wish I could SEE an example." This led me to thinking about how my own preferences as a student are to learn in a visual manner. I constantly need to refer to visual examples, take notes when I read in order to remember what I've just read, and I depend heavily on graphic organizers to straighten out my thoughts. To me, the way my students prefer to learn is just as important as the way I choose to learn as an adult. The difference between the two is that as an adult, I can choose to study and learn in any way I find helpful. As an elementary student in a classroom setting, too often the method of learning and displaying what is learned is determined by the teacher. This thinking is what has led me to the inner core of my inquiry. If only we took the time to find out how students learn best, and differentiated instruction based on these needs, would our students be more successful? Is our student's knowledge stifled by the way we force them to learn and produce evidence of learning? Fortunately, in my coursework I am learning the best practices for differentiation, how to effectively plan lessons, and how to pull from research the best techniques relating to my inquiry. After discussing this with my CT, we have determined that on Monday the planning will begin. she is going to provide me with her own plans and I will revise them for a group of six students in order to appeal to their specific learning styles. Earlier this week I administered a learning modailty survey and have collected and oranized my results. I selected six students to focus on for the next few weeks. I have chosen 2 visual learners, 2 kinesthetic learners, and 2 auditory learners for this research, and in the coming weeks I will track their success in these differentiated lessons. Hopefully I will find that by appealing to their individual learning styles, they can be more successful and more confident in the classroom.