L. started preschool at age two. She has always been on a Montessori program, where students stay with the same teacher for three years. So her current classroom, is only the second one she has ever attended. L. is currently in third grade. Her teacher, (Miss G.) feels that she knows her very well and says that L. is a pleasure to teach. Miss G. also said that L. has a supportive family and that her mother regularly volunteers in the classroom; that L.’s mom is low key when she volunteers and that L. is not affected positively or negatively when her mom is around. Miss G. said that math can be a tricky subject for L. but she perseveres and gets help when she needs it. She also said that L. completes the majority of her work with ease and tends to have extra classroom time.
When I observed L. in the classroom I could tell that she knows the classroom rules and expectations and spends the majority of her time working happily within those boundaries. On the days that I was there she would occasionally talk when she should have been listening or spent a …show more content…
scored in the 84th percentile on the Garfield survey. This demonstrates what I had expected, that L. has a very good attitude towards writing, possible better than most students. It seems that much of L.’s strength in writing rests in her feelings about writing. She feels that through writing she can create anything and that she others enjoy listening to and/or reading her writing pieces. Her courage to write about anything and persistence in working on her journal, from start to finish, without stopping reveals her depth of focus and vision of what a complete piece of writing should look like. I know this because I watched her work I could see her reread what she had written, multiple times, and add details until she seemed satisfied that she had completely explained her topic. I think that these attributes are definite strengths for L. as a developing writer, learning to explain an idea and speak to an
When I observed L. in the classroom I could tell that she knows the classroom rules and expectations and spends the majority of her time working happily within those boundaries. On the days that I was there she would occasionally talk when she should have been listening or spent a …show more content…
scored in the 84th percentile on the Garfield survey. This demonstrates what I had expected, that L. has a very good attitude towards writing, possible better than most students. It seems that much of L.’s strength in writing rests in her feelings about writing. She feels that through writing she can create anything and that she others enjoy listening to and/or reading her writing pieces. Her courage to write about anything and persistence in working on her journal, from start to finish, without stopping reveals her depth of focus and vision of what a complete piece of writing should look like. I know this because I watched her work I could see her reread what she had written, multiple times, and add details until she seemed satisfied that she had completely explained her topic. I think that these attributes are definite strengths for L. as a developing writer, learning to explain an idea and speak to an