Case Study by Y Bertelli https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy en-us 2022-11-16 08:34:04 UTC 2025-04-17 14:14:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Student yantrabertelli https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386235039
  • 12
  • Afghanistan/Pakistan  
  • Pashto/Dari Persian spoken,  student uses Dari Persian as written language to communicate and read. 
  • Student began attending my school Spring of 2022

  • The student attended school prior to coming to the U.S. 

    • ]]>     2022-11-16 08:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386235039     WIDA Scores yantrabertelli https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386237826  February 2022, Listening (1), Speaking (1), Writing (1), Literacy (1), Oral Language (1.5) ]]> 2022-11-16 08:40:21 UTC https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386237826 Day to day yantrabertelli https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386241686 Student is eager to learn, make friends, complete work, and understand. Student is persistent when asking for help. Student uses tools and looks for openings. ]]> 2022-11-16 08:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386241686 Challenges yantrabertelli https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386254187
  • What are some difficulties that this student has had in speaking, reading, writing, or math?
    • Student uses one or two words to communicate in English. Here are a list of words and phrases the student uses most frequently in the classroom: teacher, here, divide?, sit here, pencil, computer, hello, good, I want, and decimal

    Student needs visual supports in the form of pictures and/or numbers and number symbols to decipher directions

    English gets in the way of student expressing their mathematical thinking


    ]]>     2022-11-16 08:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386254187     Considering Language yantrabertelli https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386259467 How might the student's first language affect his or her experience as a learner?

    • There are no similar vowel sounds shared by English and Dari Persian.
    • There are seven different consonant sounds, two slightly similar consonant sounds, and 18 similar consonant sounds shared by English and Dari Persion.
    • Persian speakers use an alphabet based on Arabic script (Persian also has been written in Armenian script).
    • The Persian alphabet has 32-36  letters, more than the Arabic alphabet. 
    • Written right to left

    ]]>     2022-11-16 08:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386259467     Where do we go from here? yantrabertelli https://padlet.com/yantrabertelli/mjfn7vlcq6m557xy/wish/2386263135 What adaptations have you made in your classroom or instruction to address this student's particular difficulties?  What are your plans for additional intervention or scaffolding?

    The targeted student can struggle to connect multiple representations; equation, graph, table and the mathematical properties shared between representations in order to determine how they interact or move. Creating visual examples for the word wall and connecting representations to operations could be helpful. Additionally, giving students plenty of time with computer programs and paper practice to see the interaction between the representations in the same lessons. 

    The targeted student can struggle with metacognition strategy development to express what is already known and use this to explore different strategies. Currently in the classroom we use math talks, number talks, and problem strings to explore different ways to solve problems. The instructional approach asks small groups and the whole class to come up with different ideas for solving accessible (familiar) problems. This is a high demand discussion activity.  I plan to provide many opportunities to use manipulatives and draw pictures to show thinking. This looks like having whiteboards available, task cards, and modeling how to show thinking using pictures and adding thought bubbles. 



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