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Aaron Williams walked into kindergarten as a five year old, and turned six during the first week. Aaron is dark skin, short dark brown hair, and taller than the average kindergartener. He was one of the two students that did not attend open house, so it wasn't until the first day of school I met him. The first day of school, I remember that he walked in very quiet and shy. I later learned he had not attended pre-school, which meant the first of school was literally his first day. Throughout the days I have noticed that Aaron is very timid. He doesn't participate in brain breaks, he stands in his carpet square as he watches everyone else with his hands in his pockets. Aaron follows all the rules accurately and he is not one who would get in …show more content…

In the classroom, Aaron has availability to alphabet books, alphabet letters, crayons and pencils for writing, writing journal, and a desk for writing. With these learning materials Aaron is able to practice reading and writing skills on a daily basis. During writing, students are encouraged to write words to the best of their ability, and drawings are accepted as a form of communicating thoughts and ideas. When writing it is important to allow students to use resources around the room to help guide their writing. Aaron is able to locate a letter and then a word on the word wall. In addition, each day there are new sight word being introduced and anchor charts are being develop to help assist students in their writing. Sometimes during reading, students are able to see the words over the document camera as the book is being read aloud. Daily practice of reading letters and writing is essential in the learning process in kindergarten, each week students are given homework folders to take home for the week to practice saying the alphabet, reading sight words, and writing phrases. A daily schedule is composed of many literacy lessons throughout the day to help develop language, the foundation of

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