PRESENTED BY HOLLY WRIGHT

See how much we have grown!

R’S LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

R has shown great improvement in trying to thin about the placement of the sound the word makes. If he makes the word sound incorrectly. He stops and thinks about it, then tries again.

R is more open to hearing his classmates correct him on his speech. Then he will try the word again.

R also has shown great improvement in raising his hand to participate in classroom conversations. He has shown more confidence in the way he speaks, that he will actually participate in class and share his opinions.

His class read the book Cactus Hotel. R shared his favorite part of the book, the ending. He continued to explain that it was his favorite because in his backyard there is also a

cactus that is dead and on the ground.

While building the robot, R counted the

bottles of paint and said “dounted”. Another

child corrected him, and said “counted” R tried

to say “counted” again.

R’S READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS

R is able to identify all 26 upper case letters in the alphabet. This is an improvement from the beginning of the year where he was able to identify only 20.

R can now identify 24 out of 26 lower case letters in the alphabet. This is an improvement from the beginning of the year where he was able to identify only 14.

Instead of just pointing to our site words on cards, R

now writes site words in sentences.

“I em safl for my faumle and my dog”

R’S READING AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Over the course of the school year, I have

witnessed R sit quietly with a book, and turn the pages. He

will now openly read

along side with me, and with confidence.

R AND HIS SHAPES

July 26, 2013 December 4, 2103

R learned two new

shapes by December

4th • Square• Cone

(3D)

RAY’S READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS

Ray began the year by

sounding out the letters in the alphabet

through the use of Zoo Phonics

in both his main classroom, and

his SEI classroom.

In the middle of the semester he progressed in his SEI classroom to working with handouts

where he filled in missing letters within words, and reading simplistic books.

These books had few words that were easy to

sound out on each page. They were phonetically

easy to sound out, contained many easy site words, and had only a few

on each page.

Ray has grown in his reading skill and is now able to read this book at 90%

accuracy with little to no assistance. He can recognize and

use different strategies while

reading, from seeing different rhyming

words, to understanding

repeating phrases within the text.

RAY’S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

In the beginning of the year, Ray was completely focused on how

many frowny faces he

received from his teacher.

Now that we have reached the end of the first part of the school

year in December. Looking into his journal, Ray has not received a frowny face in over a

month and a half. This is a great improvement

on his part.

RAY’S WRITING SAMPLE

Ray is able to write in complete sentences which is a great improvement from what was observed in his SEI classroom. In a notebook that was sent home over fall

break, Ray looked through all his work and wrote out his own personal goal;”I will do my best. I will prectis sit

words and numbrs. Thank you Ms A..” I can see great improvement in complete sentences using punctuation

marks and spelling phonetically.

RAY REACHED HIS GOAL OF READING ALL 220 SITE WORDS. HE NOW IS MOVING ON TO READING THEM WHILE BEING TIMED TO TRY TO BEAT HIS TIME FROM THE WEEK BEFORE ON NOVEMBER 18TH HE WAS ABLE TO READ ALL 220 SITE WORDS IN 3:12.

November 18, 2013 Timed -- 3:12

October 21, 2013

Septemer 22, 2013

September 14, 2013

August 13, 2013

August 11, 2013

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Site Word

Site Words

RAY’S SITE WORD KNOWLEDGE

RAY’S RECOGNITION OF SHAPES

July 25, 2013• Triangle• Circle• Square• Hexagon

October 1, 2013• Triangle• Circle• Square• Hexagon• Rectangle

December 9, 2013• Triangle• Circle• Square• Hexagon• Rectangle• Cube• Cylinder• Sphere• Trapezoid

USING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF SHAPES TO CREATE

I had asked R what he had learned so far in school. He said

nothing, and after some conversation about all the

amazing things he had learned, I asked what he wished he could

have learned. He said he wanted to learn how to make a robot.

Ray has a great amount of knowledge in both 2D and 3D

shapes, and R has knowledge in 2D shapes. This opened up a new way for R to see 3D shapes, and handle them one on one while

doing something that he wanted.

RAY AND R BUILT PATRIOT THEIR LEARNING ROBOT

R’s mother has expressed concerns about his social interactions, and wanted him to interact more with others in the school setting. This provided him the opportunity to do so, but in a non threatening environment where R felt safe.

Ray’s mother informed us of his love for building things. He used Legos at home to build transformers, and she would be interested in seeing the robot.