Monday, February 27, 2006

accomplishment

Dan entered my classroom this year with only minimal phonemic awareness due to a traum@tic br@in injury.

When we started, he could only recognize the alphabet with approximately 60% accuracy.

Today, Dan read:

mat
hat
fat
bat

These are the first words he's read in three years.

This is the reason why I teach.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

When nothing can go right for years, it's things like this that make one's entire existance worthwhile.

Apple Teach?

Anonymous said...

i've been teaching sped for 23 years and i totally understand how you feel. i tell new teachers that they can't save everybody but if they can make a difference for 1 kid a year, it's a victory.

Chaz said...

That is what makes teaching rewarding. When you feel you made a difference in their life.