April 12, 2013

Victory: The shy fourth-grade girl who has been characterized as "selective mute" at School B actually initiated a conversation with me! It's hard to believe, as I can hope for little more than a smile and a hello from ANYONE during morning hallway duty. This is great progress for her and me, and it happened naturally in the context of our ESOL writing activities. When I mentioned to her in passing that "We will be writing today," she created an exchange by inquiring whether Jose F. received our letters. This shows genuine interest in the communicative writing activity, concern for her former classmate/school friend, and a meaningful response to my greeting. Praise be to the Lord!!