When I was working with my target student I had her draw me a picture. After she drew me a picture I had her write a sentence explaining the picture. She drew me a picture of her and in the picture she was holding two dolls. So underneath her drawing she wrote the following: "I lki to pLa DoLs." Which is translated to: "I like too play dolls." The elementary school I am placed at is an urban school and my target student is a struggling student, thereforeI was not surprised with the results of having the student write a sentence. By observing what she wrote, it is clear that she understands that a sentence moves from left to right. It also appears that she realizes that sentences begin a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. These two indications are examples of having awareness of concepts of print. What is also shown by this example is that the student has phonological awareness. Even though every word is not spelled correctly, there are letters that are present in the sentence that are the appropriate sound for the words she is trying to write. This shows me that she is able to match a letter with its sound. This student is in need of much more practice and instruction, but has the beginning steps of understanding concepts of print and formulating sentences while matching letters to sounds. I think it is very imperative that this student continues to work on matching sounds to letters and creating words.
(Picture sample of work was taken but could not be formatted properly to be seen in this document)
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