Child Dates Content: Additional

Strengths/Weaknesses Thoughts
Child 1 September 26, LA (Read Aloud, Student one was
2019 Answering Questions) very
Student was talking out discouraged
loud during the read aloud when the
about his own thoughts teacher stopped
on the book. The student to talk to them
was disrupting the whole about the
class. behavior, they
were having
during the read
aloud. Student
seemed to shut
down and not
participate in
any questions
asked during the
read aloud.

Math (Identifying Shapes) Student one was

Student waited to be very eager to
called on after raising his answer the
hand. He was shaking his question “How
hand in the air because it many circles are
seemed he felt his answer on this page?”
was very important.

Child 2 LA (Read Aloud, Student 2 would

Answering Questions) not look at the
The student was eager to teacher when
learn. She listened to the she asked
whole story the teacher questions about
read while looking at the the read aloud.
teacher the whole time It seemed that
the story was read aloud. although the
student was
 listening to the
read aloud, she
did not
understand the
questions being
asked.

Math (Identifying Shapes) Student 2

The student was able to avoided all eye
identify what a circle was. contact with the
When the teacher asked teacher. Her
the class questions the back is to the
student still did not raise teacher because
her hand to answer the of the table set
question. up, so if she
does not have to
turn around the
student avoids
looking at the
teacher when
she asks a
question.
Child 1 October 1,2019 LA (Read Aloud, Student 1
Answering Questions) watched the
Student was paying teacher as she
attention when the read was reading to
aloud was being read. He make sure she
was distracted in the did not see him
middle of the book while touching the
they were talking about other student.
spiders. The student was
using his hand on his
neighbor to pretend the
spider was crawling on his
neighbor.
 Math (Go Math Student 1 did
Workbooks, Making Tens not follow the
Frames) rules. When he
Student made triangles in was told he was
the tens frame instead of wrong he
making circles as the started to cry.
teacher demonstrated on
the Elmo board.

Child 2 LA (Read Aloud,

Answering Questions) Student 2 was
The student told the not engaged in
teacher how she did not the story at all
like spiders, and she is because she is
afraid of them. She asked afraid of spiders.
the teacher if she could
read a different story. The
student sat with her legs
crossed or as the class
calls it, criss cross
applesauce and her
elbows on her legs with
her hands over her ears.

Math (Go Math

Workbooks, Making Tens
Frames) Student 2 did
The student was playing not make the
with her pencil eraser correct amount
when the teacher was of circles in the
given directions for the tens frame.
activity in the workbook.
Child 1 October 3, 2019 LA (Read Aloud, Student 1 was
Answering Questions) not engaged in
The student was quietly the read aloud
listening to the read until he heard
aloud. The student was the tone of the
 not looking directly at the teacher’s voice
teacher, he was looking change when
down at his shoes. When she read “Big,
the story read “Big, green, green, scary
scary monster!” The monster!”
student looked up at the
teacher making a scared
face.

Math (Go Math The student sat

Workbooks, Identifying back down in his
rectangles) seat and did not
The student was directed participate in
to draw 5 rectangles on the last part of
his workbook page. The the workbook
student was the first to lesson. Student
finish the task. He was seems to
eager to help his friends, become
but the teacher did not unengaged
agree with him getting out when he gets
of his seat to help the yelled at by the
other students. teacher.

Child 2 LA (Read Aloud, Student 2 was

Answering Questions) actively engaged
The student was smiling in this read
while the teacher was aloud. She used
reading the read aloud. As her hands to
the teacher’s voice change make big, green
the student began monster paws
laughing and showing her when the
big, green monster paws teacher read
with claws. aloud “The big,
green, scary
monster.”
 Math (Go Math Student 2 was
Workbooks, Identifying identifying
rectangles) squares and
The student confused rectangles in the
rectangles with squares. activity. She was
When the student was confusing the
asked to circle the two shapes
rectangles, the student when asked to
also circled the squares. identify
rectangles.
Child 1 October 7, 2019 LA (Read Aloud, Student 1
Answering Questions) answers
The student wanted to questions
answer the question correctly but
about the sequence of feels he should
events in the story. The always say
student held his hand something even
raised throughout the when a question
whole read aloud so the is not being
teacher would call on him asked. This
to answer the question. student is
reminded
numerously that
it is not his turn
to talk and other
students in the
class need to
learn and
answer
questions.
Math (Go Math
Workbooks, Pattern Student 1 is very
Blocks) smart but
The student identified the always seems to
pattern correctly in the work ahead of
pattern block activity. He the class and
wrote 4 illustrations of the misses key
 pattern before the details in an
teacher gave the answer. He
directions. They directions misses the
asked the students to whole question
“Write down the next 3 because he did
shapes, following the not wait to
pattern.” follow all the
directions. For
example,
drawing the
next four
pattern shapes
instead of 3 like
the directions
asked.

Child 2 LA (Read Aloud, Student 2 was

Answering Questions) excited to
The student payed full answer the
attention to the story. question the
When the teacher asked teacher asked.
the first question about Her hand was in
sequence the student the air and she
raised her hand to answer. was jolting her
arm up and
down to answer
the question.
Once she was
called on and
had the correct
answer, she had
a big smile. She
looked at her
friend sitting
next to her and
gave her a high
five.
 Math (Go Math
Workbooks, Pattern Student 2
Blocks) thought hard
The student followed the about this
teacher as she was pattern. Once
pointing to the shapes the teacher said
that were in pattern the pattern
activity in the workbook. once, the
She took her index finger teacher went
and went right along with over the pattern
the teacher as the teacher one more time.
was saying the shapes out The student
loud. waited a few
seconds and
closed her eyes
and then wrote
down the
correct 3
patterns on the
workbook.
Child 1 October 10, LA (Read Aloud, Student 1, The
2019 Answering Questions) teacher
The student was very reminded him
excited about Halloween that the
coming up. As the teacher conversation
started reading the front was over about
cover of the book, the their Halloween
student was still asking costumes and
questions about the they could talk
costume he was wearing later. He
to school on Halloween. shouted, “I just
want you to
answer!” The
student was
sent to the
breathing chair.
 Math (Go Math
Workbook, Counting to 5)
The student was able to Student 1 must
count to 5 with no feel like he is
problem when counting wanted. He
the number of items on must reassure
the workbook page. When himself that
the student tried to trace everything he
the number 5 in his does is correct.
workbook, he lifted his He cannot
workbook in the air when control his
he was complete to show outburst. He
the teacher shouting gets yelled at a
“Look what I did! Look, lot about his
Mrs. Lipkin look!” outburst but
continues his
behaviors. He is
a huge
disruption to the
class. He spends
a lot of time
taking stickers
off his sticker
chart and in the
breathing chair.

Child 2 LA (Read Aloud, Student 2

Answering Questions) wanted to listen
The student sitting on the to the story
carpet area ready to listen about pumpkins.
to the read aloud about She loved
Pumpkins. Her legs were pumpkins and
criss cross applesauce and asked the
she had a bubble in her teacher if they
mouth. Her neighbor tried were able to
talking to her while she have pumpkins
was waiting for the in the class
teacher, but she put her because she
finger over her mouth to never had a
show her to be quiet. The pumpkin before.
teacher began the read
aloud and when she was
finished the student said,
“I have never had a
pumpkin. Can we get a
pumpkin in this class?”

Math (Go Math

Workbook, Counting to 5) Student 2 seems
The student had difficulty to have trouble
when tracing the number with the
five. Even though the formation of
number was dotted she numbers that
could not figure out how contain half of a
to make the bottom part circle in them.
of the bubble for the She tries to
number 5. complete a
whole circle
when trying to
use to complete
the formation of
a number.