Reading, Writing, And Arithmetic

Communication: Communication- in this section the student was tested on her articulation of speech and her verbal response to questions as well as some basic listening skills. The student can articulate all sounds and has no problem providing an oral response to questions. She can also understand when being read to. She has no problem responding to pictures but has a hard time accurately describing the scene. She also has many different conversations with friends but usually expects them to agree with her automatically. She’ll use different words to describe things and is often described as extremely expressive but not so receptive. When asked to follow directions, she was able to follow three steps but not in a sequence. …show more content…
The student is below grade level in most of these …show more content…
It took her a very long time to read the passage though. She also had an easy time with the reading comprehension questions, but when she made a mistake during the reading and read plant instead of paint the evaluator asked her “can you plant a boat?” to which she replied “yes.” She wasn’t really grasping the concept instead she was just answering information that was straight out of the text. In a different passage, she was asked “who was home?” and she answered, “the man and his parrot.” She did not realize the parrot isn’t part of the answer because it is not a human being. She also exclaimed at the end “I hate reading.” This proved the reading section to be a true challenge for her. Writing- The student can write her full name and telephone number. She can write words and short sentences. There can however, be minor grammatical errors with these sentences and they include many as well. She has not yet learned about proper