Chosen was probably the most eager to join this project. While he rarely returns notes, homework, field trip money, etc, etc, to school, he promptly returned his forms to participate in this project. His teacher was a little jealous, "maybe because YOU'RE an African American." she said, jokingly. (head notes)
Choesn's pre-interview:
Chosen was 6 at the beginning of this research project. He has a computer at home and frequently plays games at cartoon network and nick.com, etc.
According to his mom, Chosen enjoys being read to and enjoys bible stories and fairy tales. According to his mom, she tells folk tales at home (not events of the day, etc.)Chosen tells stories to his little brother.
His mom thinks he needs to practice reading.
Chosen's teachers rated him as a low in writing and verbal skills. He has the same teacher as Arianna, Deseree, and Michael. She says that Chosen has low alphabet recognition and is unable to write words. (This is reflected in his writing journal.) Chosen will write streams of letters or words that are in the environment. Like his parent, his teacher left school writing blank. (Teacher... what does he choose to write about (NA says the teacher.)
She says that Chosen is not very verbal, and when he was would mostly talk about things that were happening at home. The teacher says he does not speak in complete sentences. She thought he neede more language role models and was not exposed to language as much as other students and that he was below grade level.
Chosen's journal: His journal samples reflect short random lists of words as his teacher mentioned. One list of words is checked off by his teacher. I assume he is the type that required feedback to get him to accomplish anything. He also has a fairly detailed rendition of people and a cat (not stick figure) that is wordless, but stamped by the teacher. He has another piece that is probably another collection of random words he sees around the room accompanied by a smiling stick figure in prominently drawn shoes.
Post interview: Chosen has definite ideas here about his favorite thing to do on a computer: Making pictures. As for our story making he enjoyed recording. Chosen liked Bryce's story the best because of the thingy up in there that he forgot. Chosen uses imprecise language to describe favorite book his teacher read to him. "the fish story."
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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