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Emily Anderson Observation

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Emily Elizabeth Anderson is a 10-year-old fourth-grader. She attends Rush Creek Elementary School in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Emily has lived in Maple Grove since her family moved from Bloomington, Minnesota when she was only seven years old. She had a tough time adjusting to her new school, until she met her best friend Abbie. Abbie was the only classmate of Emily’s to reach out and be a caring and loving friend. Emily’s mom, Nancy, is the secretary at Rush Creek, so she is guaranteed to know every teacher that Emily will have. Growing up, Nancy was an all-star gymnast who never got the chance to compete in college due to a knee injury. Ever since her gymnast career ended, she promised herself to push her only daughter to her fullest potential as a gymnast. She had hoped that Emily might …show more content…

Her inner layer consists of art and science because she is able to thrive and succeed in these classes. Part of the reason that these subjects are in her inner layer is because she loves to participate in doing art and science activities. Emily’s middle layer is comprised of classes such as math and music class. She struggles with advanced math, but is able to keep up easier problems such as basic multiplying and dividing. She encounters difficulty when it comes to applying arithmetic to real-world problems and needs scaffolding in order to complete these types of problems. Emily lets her creative side unfold during music class, but often holds herself back because of her shyness and fear of embarrassment. Her outer layer is made up of classes such as social studies and language arts because she has never developed a desire to learn and retain the material that is pertinent in these subjects. Emily’s outer layer also involves making new friends. She encounters issues when it comes to social interaction because she can be very shy and timid. This is why Emily dislikes group projects, and would rather work

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