Juan Observation

Juan is a very good reader from my few interactions that I have had with him and based on his scores when given the different assessments. He is able to pronounce the words and read without much struggle and according to his grade level. There are those words, which he sometimes stumbles upon, just like a lot of us do so as well today, but they are words that may be too advanced for him or not in his day-to-day vocabulary. But, just like any other student his age, there are a few things in which he can improve on that would help him become a better reader. This being said, main area that Juan struggles in is comprehension. Although he is able to read with much ease, once I ask him to refer to what he is saying, he usually finds it hard or tends …show more content…
One of my hypotheses as to why he has the comprehension issue is because he is way too focused on being able to pronounce the word correct that he does not pay too much attention to what he is reading. Another area that he seems to need help in is when he gets frustrated when he is not able to read a word correctly or does not know what the word means. He tends to become upset and want to stop reading all together. This is a big problem because I seem to be spending more time trying to engage him in being able to read again than actually reading itself. Other than these two main areas, Juan seems to be doing very well in his reading based on his age and the grade in which he is on.

For the comprehension problem, there are a few things that I had tried and new things that I will try in order to better this aspect of reading for the first 30 minutes that w are in session. One technique that I have tried is making him go back and read the passage aging but in a much slower pace. This allows him to focus on each word for a longer period of time hopefully making him understand it much better. Another things that I