Observations on 3/11/11

On Friday, March 11, 2011...I began working with my ELL student. I am working with an advanced ELL student, that is in the 3rd grade. During this time, the students are working on a Poetry Unit. They are learning to write various forms of poetry and luckily I was able to witness many of the student's ideas and concepts in their poetry. The ELL student I am working with is such an intelligent and articulate student. Her writing and speech are very advanced and the cooperating teacher informed me that she is one of the top students in the subject of reading. As I worked with her, I was able to see her ideas and thoughts in what kind of poem she wanted to write. They are currently writing "Color Poetry". I look forward to working with her at the end of this week to see what other great ideas she has for her poem and all her poetry she plans to complete during my obervations.