Practicum Observations Lisa

Dumoulin
March 14, 2017

Student #1 Student #2 S

STRENGTHS & STRETCHES:

Jimmy Ben Laura

Academic

Communicating through drawing? Thinking creative and Physica

mathematic. Told me he and sw
most enjoys math and likes
Focused thinking and busy work
challenging things. Doesnt
tasks (colouring), math exercises. Compr
like that we dont do
thinkin
subtraction or division.
reading
Observations outside.
Leads c
Lots of ideas in language countin
Hyper-focused in preferred activities arts etc. Drawings to of the c
(e.g. building with hands using communicate, loose parts her.
pattern blocks) story. Writing to She ca
compliment work discrep
challenging himself to higher
Seems to be math, when he is
Subject Strengths: engaged.
include sentences that
describe his work.
High in

Language wow! His

French has come such a
long way in a short time.
Now that he can
communicate and
understand his engagement
in just about everything
else seems to have
improved.

Math self extends.

Physical climbing outside,

confident in own abilities
Went higher than all other
students.

Subject stretches: Slowing down and taking time to

review and rethink eg. in math
didnt complete 10 and units
accurately the first time, but with
gentle prompting could readily
identify his error and correct it.
Long periods of focus in non-
preferred activities are hard.
Gross motor skills still developing
Developing in all areas.
Stretch is to continue to
Readin
with co
improve French words.
comprehension. strateg
To wait to share in class
often bursting! Need to
teach strategies to support
peers and to value peers
process and contributions.

Reading observations:
Attentive to instruction and tasks?
Follows instructions & tasks?
Positively contributes to class?
Emerging reading and writing.
Reading very high frequency words Developing level 5 and 6 Level 4
(le, la, une), struggling to put books.
phonemes and letter sounds
together.
Yes. Often fidgety and busy Yes.
with body though. Can I
provide options so that is
Can be very focused, and very
ok, and not unsafe? Right
unfocused.
now he keeps falling off
chair
Also easily distracted with friends,.
fidget seems to help him focus, but
he has now become annoyed at
being given the fidget. Has figured
out why receiving it.
Distracted by attitude and feelings of
apparent
helplessness/powerlessness,
frustration at lack of control over
decisions about his time.
Often very tired.
Will rush through tasks to do a more yes
preferred task.
Can contribute but needs coaching Yes, with friends, and fun A leade
and prompting to stay on task. attitude. Occasionally takes modell
away from learning by
Partner work is hard unless he is
calling out. Also contributes
by pushing class thinking
Someti
intrinsically motivated. solving
forward.
particu
is a cha
Working with partners he wants to
work with, can be more focused on
that than learning task, and thus
distracts others (sorting books,
games etc.)
 Takes away from class in so much as
sometimes has high attention needs
from teacher.

Yes and predictions. Yes and

?
Thoughtful questions?

? ? ?

Organization:

Social

Friendly and respectful toward Mostly yes yes

adults? Seeks attention, and also pushes

away. Requires attention to feel
calm and safe, it seems.

Sometimes. He has trouble yes Yes - m

Friendly and respectful toward
peers?
socializing with most kids at recess
and often is in trouble for hands-on
behavior. He gets frustrated easily
with others. He also enjoys social
attention and will glom on to those
who want to spend time with him (if
he also wants to spend time with
them).

See above. yes yes

Respects others' safety and

personal space:

At times. Yes yes

Engages with peers:

Emotional
 Depends on the day and how things Yes and self-starts and Yes
are going. Often frustrated and gets challenges
stuck (e.g. if backpack not at school)
Works willingly and without
frustration?

Depends on the day. Lacks Yes Yes v

motivation to speak French and particu
speaks English as self-declared She tol
Commitment to learning: defiance. learn F
wants
she is o

Physical

Enjoys. High high

Gross motor still developing.

Athletics: