I was very happy to return to the DK school this week, and I had a of of progress and success so I feel some of the frustration with getting settled with my student has passed. I have selected to work with a third grade boy, Conrad. Conrad's family is from the Philippines. They cam to America when he was at the end on=f kindergarten. Luckily, he came here early enough and is strong enough in his own language that he has picked up quickly and stayed on track. Conversationally, Conrad is excels, aside from a faint accent you would never know he is an ELL student. However, his reading level is a bit different. He struggles in literacy and has been working very hard in the last few years to keep up and stay on track. He has little support with English reading at home, so it is a constant struggle to keep him at least on track. Ms. P has three levels of literacy circles and reading abilities (there are some individualization projects for above level or Intervention students) but Conrad is in the lowest level group, reading at a "Q" level. The average readers in his class read at "R".
His workshop is currently reading "The Hamster in my Lunchbox". Mrs. P has been great because she understands exactly what I have to do. So she went around the table having each child read an excerpt. This allowed me to do a quick running record on the Conrad, so I feel this is a good step. As soon as I type it up I will share. I was also able to assess his word lists and listen to comprehension which gave me a good understanding of his abilities. Right now the missing component is his writing sample. Hopefully next session she will share one with me. I was also able to observe a content specific reading and vocabulary assignment, which I have a copy f. t focused on geology, but it incorporated reading and vocabulary. We went to the computer lab for an Math activity and while there, Mrs. P showed me that in fact the frequently use Kidspiration and inspiration for literacy as well as other programs. I have another observation next Wednesday morning.
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