I came to school at 8:30 a.m. today, and arrived during testing. The students were taking the New England Common Assessment Program. With this one, Mrs. Black was allowed to read it to the students, and also scribe for them if needed. It’s funny because the music room is right above, and during the testing they are practicing and play taps or the star spangled banner. It is really distracting.
Later in the day I went to a regular classroom. It was a second grade classroom. There were different sections set up with different teachers. They did different math activities, a few of the students worked on the computers, and other had worksheets. There was also a baseball card game. Students needed to find specific facts on the baseball card, and then add up some of the information.
After that I came back to the class room, and more testing was taking place. There was a picture, and then a list of words. You need to match the word with the picture. However, with this one, Mrs. Black wasn’t allowed to help at all, not even to read.
Then, Mrs. Black and I reviewed the IEP process. An IEP stands for an individual education plan, and it’s a legal document mandated by NH state standards as well as federal standards. The parents of the student need to be part of the team. In the specific IEP I talked about previously, the mother is a strong advocate for her daughter. During the IEP meeting, the students’ strengths and weaknesses in all present levels in all academic domains are reviewed. This particular student has trouble with speech and language, motor schools, academics, and there’s also a medical piece. At the meet was: the nurse, speech and language pathologist, occupational therapist, educator, parents, classroom teacher, principle, special education coordinator, and physical therapist.
Following this, we met with another student. He was working on writing; he had drawn a picture of an airplane and written a caption, but needed to write and draw more. He had just begun to learn how to place letters and their sounds together to make a word. Although he knows all the sounds of the alphabet, he needs to learn how to place the sounds together to make specific words.
I had a fun day, and I'm so sad that Thursday will be my last day. I have already reviewed some of my work with Mrs. Black, and she has shared her thoughts and sponsor evaluation with me. We have also reviewed the specific things I've seen in students so far.
Later in the day I went to a regular classroom. It was a second grade classroom. There were different sections set up with different teachers. They did different math activities, a few of the students worked on the computers, and other had worksheets. There was also a baseball card game. Students needed to find specific facts on the baseball card, and then add up some of the information.
After that I came back to the class room, and more testing was taking place. There was a picture, and then a list of words. You need to match the word with the picture. However, with this one, Mrs. Black wasn’t allowed to help at all, not even to read.
Then, Mrs. Black and I reviewed the IEP process. An IEP stands for an individual education plan, and it’s a legal document mandated by NH state standards as well as federal standards. The parents of the student need to be part of the team. In the specific IEP I talked about previously, the mother is a strong advocate for her daughter. During the IEP meeting, the students’ strengths and weaknesses in all present levels in all academic domains are reviewed. This particular student has trouble with speech and language, motor schools, academics, and there’s also a medical piece. At the meet was: the nurse, speech and language pathologist, occupational therapist, educator, parents, classroom teacher, principle, special education coordinator, and physical therapist.
Following this, we met with another student. He was working on writing; he had drawn a picture of an airplane and written a caption, but needed to write and draw more. He had just begun to learn how to place letters and their sounds together to make a word. Although he knows all the sounds of the alphabet, he needs to learn how to place the sounds together to make specific words.
I had a fun day, and I'm so sad that Thursday will be my last day. I have already reviewed some of my work with Mrs. Black, and she has shared her thoughts and sponsor evaluation with me. We have also reviewed the specific things I've seen in students so far.
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It sounds like you've had a very rewarding experience.
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