TTT Second Trimester Academic Review

Nora, 2 years and 6 months February 27, 2007

It has been such a joy to watch Nora grow over the past year. Looking back I remember a young girl very eager to please and very demanding of individual attention. “Ms. Angie! Ms. Angie!”, echoed from all corners of the classroom as Nora made new discoveries. Now I see a brilliant young girl joining in the classroom discoveries with her peers and having true and friendly exchanges like, “Taryn, May I have the mirror?” “Thank you Taryn…open your mouth to see your teeth.” She is creative, kind and quite entertaining. Thank you for sharing her with me so long!

Strengths: Nora is academically strong. She shows skills and abilities above average for her age. We’ve seen an increase in independence this past grading period as well as a new found ability to play with friends instead of playing near them. Nora is counting beautifully and regularly (though not 100% of the time) uses proper one to one correspondence. Nora is also asking new and leading questions about language and her environment. She’s a model pre-schooler.

Challenges: Nora has to be reminded to participate in group activities. Often we see Nora taking an observant role during more formal learning times and she can resist joining in songs, routines, and patterning. Although we have seen great progress with her language and speaking skills Nora is still difficult to understand at times which is a source of frustration for her (but not a concern to me….her speech challenges are very age appropriate.)

Goals: My goals for Nora include continued work on math skills like one to one correspondence, quantity and patterning. I’ll introduce last name recognition to her learning day and continue to give her verbal and non-verbal encouragement to join in group learning activities. Nora will also have the opportunity to learn new shapes like semi-circle, trapezoid, pentagon and hexagon. Nora is a wonderful student and a joy to learn with, I could not be more pleased.