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Daniel (D) Age 5

Cialey Pintande Winter 2013

Interview: Book title- Cookies Day Author- Cindy ward Questioner- Cialey Pintande Answer- D 1. Q- What did Cookie, the cat, do in the book? A- Cat go book 2. Q- How did Cookie, the cat, move? A- Run 3. Q- What do you think will happen next in the story Daniel? A- Nothing 4. Q- What happened in the story Daniel? A- Cookie fell in the toilet 5. Q- What was your favorite part of the book Daniel? A- Fell, the Cookie, toilet

Work Samples:

In this picture, Daniel was asked to draw himself. Daniel drew himself, the blue one, and his mom, the green one. You can see that he drew a head, eyes, a nose, mouth, and legs for each of the people which is a great way to see that he can represent what he sees in real life when drawing. He also used a wide variety of colors and stayed inside of the majority of the lines, which shows focus and creativity.

Daniel made this piece by cutting out a trace of his foot for the body, drawing and coloring in a circle for the belly, cutting out a triangle for the nose, and pasting the eyes and nose on the head and the penguin on the iceberg. It took a lot of fine motor skills and proper crayon and scissor holding to complete this art piece.

Name Writing Sample:

Narrative: Daniel attends the four year old, morning preschool program at St. Jane Frances de Chantal school Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings from 8:45am-11:15am. He recently turned five on December 6, 2012. At home his family speaks predominantly Polish, making him a second language English learner. Daniels mother also shared with his teacher that Daniel is enrolled in Polish lessons, these lessons are supposed to help him decipher and separate the two languages. In regards to the physical domain, Daniel seems to be right on age level based on his results on the physical developmental checklist, the developmental checklist, and my observation of him during gym. I observed Daniel doing all but two of the eleven physical activities listed on the physical developmental checklist. He can properly hold scissors and a pencil which demon straights good fine motor skills. He can also skip, walk backwards, and nearly jump on one foot, which shows good coordination and balance. Overall, Daniel has already achieved most of his four to five year old physical developmental milestones. In the social domain Daniel struggles a little bit and many of my anecdotal notes and running records display his lack of social confidence. Daniel seems to want to make friends, but appears uncomfortable in approaching them or starting play first. He often waits for them to come to him or enjoys playing by himself. One of the reasons for his social discomfort may be because of his struggle to say things fully or properly in English. Daniel pronounces things incorrectly or says things in Polish rather than English numerous times throughout the day and he realizes these mistakes. On account of these mispronunciations and mix-ups he may hold back from the other children for fear of saying something wrong or not being understood. As his understanding of English develops he may become more confident in his speaking abilities, therefore in himself and then he may approach children more often. In regards to the emotional domain Daniel handles his emotions calmly and quietly, mostly to himself. While I observed, I never once saw him get angry or upset. Sometimes he seemed emotionally hurt, but he never cried. For example when M took the Boots toy away from him, his expression did drop and he seemed saddened, but he never seemed angry. He displayed the same emotions when K told him he couldnt play with the race track. Besides these two

incidents he is generally smiling and seems content. He seems to be a very easy going child, and I never saw him portray anger. Overall, he handles his emotions very maturely. Lastly, in discussing Daniels cognitive domain he seems to be nearly on task for his age level. Based on the developmental checklist, the literacy rating scale, and the math/science checklist. Again, his bilingualism seems as though it could be what is setting him back from grasping and remembering certain things like letters and numbers. For example during one of my observations, I took and anecdotal note on his struggle to remember or say the proper name for certain letters and numbers. In some cases he says something, and it may be the proper word in Polish, but his teachers cant know for sure because they dont speak Polish. Generally, Daniel is doing well and getting better in the cognitive domain. My observation of Daniel was a wonderful experience because I have never worked with a second language English learner before. His biggest struggles are with separating his languages and with interacting with the other children. However, he has some great strengths, he enjoys sharing and is on the right track for his age bracket. Overall, He needs a little more motivation to play with the other children and a little more work with English, but he is making great strides.

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