I have administered phoneme awareness and spelling assessments for Australia and my concerns are shifting to her lack of stamina, but I also know I need to collect more data. I can connect this to my Educational Psychology class where we have talked about being researchers in the classroom. Through research and data collection, I can help to make instructional decisions. I have taken to working one-on-one with Blake throughout the day and he seems to be responding. Last week, he and I were working on a sight word worksheet and he started to get frustrated because I couldn't understand what he was saying. Before it escalated I apologized for not listening better and asked him if he needed to go to his calming corner and he instantly calmed down, gave me a hug and said, "It's okay Mrs. Randolph! I love you!" and continued to work diligently for the rest of the activity.
Going forward, I would like to see what I can do to assist in keeping Blake calm throughout the day. I would also see what we can do to increase Australia's stamina, and see what unique mini-lessons Mrs. Lowry and I can come up with for Brittney and Josh to support them.
Reflective Question
How can I use our small group time to support Josh and Brittney in letter identification and phoneme awareness?
What can I do to increase Australia's stamina in reading?