Today I worked in depth with a student in the 1st grade class that is below a kindergarten level. Mrs. Hausmann told me she has been undergoing evaluations, but they aren't sure if she has a learning disability yet. When I evaluate her on sight words, she seems to know that she is being evaluated. I will have her read a word (the, go, in, a), then build it with letter blocks and then spell it out on her handwriting paper. Many of the words she does not know and she cannot sound it out because she forgets what sounds the letters make. But she sees the form that I am filling out as we go and she asks if she can make the checkmarks. She knows which ones she gets a checkmark for and which ones she gets nothing. It is very interesting to work with her on this work. I feel badly for her since she is so far behind everyone else.
We have been doing a song each morning with an accompanying dance. This is because it is Fitness Fever in February and they play the songs over the loud speakers. The kids are so cute when they're doing these funny dances, I try to dance along but I don't know most of the songs that they did.
I don't know how it would've worked but I wish that I would have been able to teach a lesson during this immersion or do something in front of the whole class (besides reading). Mrs. Hausmann said that the time went by so fast and she didn't get to do everything with me that she wishes. I think she means that she wishes that I could've done more with the class. But I still feel that I made a personal connection with every student and had many new experiences.
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