Jc Reflection

JC continuously exhibits a positive mindset. He is always the first one to volunteer help, has many friends, and works hard through any challenge presented. He is extremely eager to participate and help others. Before I can even ask for a volunteer for help, JC has his hand in air. JC is reflective and proactive about his school work. On a few occasions after reflecting on his classwork, he has asked to come upstairs during lunch for extra support or work time. This is an example of JC taking responsibility for his learning. I would like JC to continue being reflective and proactive about his learning.

JC shows an avid interest in reading. He tends to gravitate towards series books such as Horrible Harry or Marvin Redpost. His gravitation toward series books is an example of being a reflective learner because series books help support his comprehension work because the character remain the same and the plotline is slightly different. An ongoing goal for JC is to continue to build up his reading stamina but …show more content…
Early on in the year, JC would write a few lines about an idea and move on to another idea. Now he has increased his writing volume about one idea. He shows an understanding about the genre of writing. I want to continue to work on increasing his independence during writing workshop. At times, JC benefits from verbally rehearsing his writing. On several occasions during the narrative unit we set up time for JC to share his thoughts about writing with myself, class intern, or writing partner. I noticed that this help JC clarify his thoughts and elaborate on his writing. His realistic fiction piece went from just naming who the character was and what was happening to a more developed plotline with more details. It’s critical to extend work on structure and elaboration within opinion writing. One way to remind JC about structure and elaboration during opinion writing is by using the asking him to double