During my second observation this week, I had the opportunity to speak and interview the ESL teacher. My interview transcript is below. I also had the opportunity to sit with my student Socrates. Socrates is in fifth grade. He is an ELL student and also has special needs; he has ADHD. His parents were born in Greece, and Socrates was born here. However, he told me that his parents speak only Greek at home so that is how he communicates with them. Also his grandmother was his baby sitter since he was born and also only speaks Greek. So he learned English when he was in kindergarten however, due to his ADHD he is having trouble with English. His teacher told me that he does read and write on 4th grade instructional level.
I tried to administer the QRI-5. Unfortunately, Socrates did not want to do it. He kept getting up and walking around the room. So the teacher and I decided not to push the issue and try it another day. I was not able to set up another day to observe this week due to the school schedule and the fact that the schools will be closed next week for spring vacation, I will be hopefully going back on Tuesday April 26th. I will keep you all posted!
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