Day 7

I was fortunate enough to go into another teacher's classroom today. I was able to work with a student who has been diagnosed with Autism. She is six years old and with the new school and new teacher is having a very hard time with transitions. Once she focused on what she was doing she showed how incredibly smart she was. There was an issue with her all day today with participating in group, especially reading. Her teacher said she normally is very willing to work with group, but acknowledged she had a rough morning and believes it carried on throughout her day. I know Marchesani said that the reading instruction should be active, but the teacher was doing a lot of talking to rather than talking with and actively engaging them. I think this is something that would have helped the student if she was more active in what she was learning about rather than being talked to about it.