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1) Core Phonics Survey- all ELL students will demonstrate growth in letter recognition and sounds.

2) DRA- lowest 25% will show growth between 1-2 levels.

3) Core Phonics- CVC and CVCe words.

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By the end of the project, the lowest 25% of the classroom, including ELL students, will show growth in letters, reading, and phonics.

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On my first day with the students, I gave them each a Core Phonics Survey so I could see what areas they needed most improvement in. Once I did this I split them into two groups, one that needed to work on letter recognition and sounds and the other one focusing on words and vowel sounds. I played games with them pertaining to the lessons such as sound bingo, helped them with their regular classroom work, and did work on the white boards.

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The greatest challenge I had was getting the students to focus because they are 1st graders. I kept them engaged by changing activities frequently and they worked out really well. Another challenge was the language barrier. I had no problem helping them to translate their work to Spanish or explaining things to them but when they all started talking amongst each other I had problems keeping up. The last problem I had was them copying off of each other. I had to separate some of them because of this but after that it was fine.

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I learned a lot about my future career through this project. The teacher I worked with was very helpful in teaching me the way she does things and I was able to go off of that with my group of kids. I learned that it is really important to stay organized because there is a lot of confusion if you don't keep up with it, but thankfully I did not have to experience that. I also learned that patience is key when working in a classroom, especially elementary age children like I worked with.

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On the last day of my project, I gave the students the same Core Phonics survey and I was amazed at their results. I was only able to compare three out of the five students that I worked with because one moved and the other was on vacation. All of my students more than doubled their original scores and I was so proud. One student Camila, originally scored 66/114 and improved to 107/114. Leonardo first scored 68/113 and then scored 97/113. The student that showed the most growth was Matthew. He came in not knowing any English whatsoever and originally scored 27/73 but worked his way up to 66/73 in just four short months.

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I really enjoyed doing this project. I learned so much from actually being in the classroom and being responsible for my own tasks I loved it. I honestly wish it didn't have to end, it went by too fast. I feel really accomplished that I made a positive impact in these children's lives and I'm glad I got to be apart of their journey. It was rough at first and I was worried that I had took on too much but it turned out so well and I know that I improved their learning and understanding of English. This was such a great experience for me and I am excited for the day I have my own classroom!