Although Michael’s attention varied in reading, he had a 100% attention span in the other areas of observation. For example, during the three Art periods, the introduction to the Freedom Quilt Blocks was new content that challenged his thinking. After giving the instructions on how to complete the worksheet pages, the first example of modeling a small block and replicating it on the bigger block stumped him. Michael turned to his peer and asked, “What …show more content…
The 55 minutes we collaborated one-on-one gave me a closer perspective on cognition and language, by working on math and grammar. When I asked Michael to take out his homework, he was organized and turned to his weekly assignment outline. The grammar on page 154 in his Voyages book was fairly simple, with one incorrect answer on how to form a contraction from “I am.” First, Michael wrote, “I’s.” When I prompted him to rethink his answer, he wrote, “Im’s.” With one more attempt to help him talk through the question, I watched Michael figure out, “I am” becomes