For the Love of Teaching

Every week Dr. Miller gives the students a spelling test over 10 words. I would grade the spelling test. Doing so, I noticed that there were three students making a 30% or less on the test. So I worked with those three. I gave them homework instructing them to write each spelling word 10 times and to study them. Also, I told them that if they passed their test with a 100% then I would get them something. The next week, I found out that Nora passed the test with an 80%, and Tyrome made a 10%. Therefore, even though Nora did not make a 100% I decided to give a mechanical pencil for doing so well. As for Tyrome, I continued to work with him on his spelling test. The next week I made him a homework packet for him to say, spell, and write each word 10 times. I was disappointed when Friday came and the homework packet was empty, but I was pleased that he improved by making a 60% on his test. So it was time to step it up a notch. The next week, I gave him another homework packet and he was required to do the same thing, say, spell, and write each word 10 times. Also, when he got into the classroom we work on the spelling words. Eventually, we had to take a walk in the hallway so that he would get distracted by what was going on in the classroom. That helped a lot. I decided to continue to work with him until he knew how to spell each word. I was not present when Dr. Miller gave the students there spelling test so I was excited to go back to the school to see how Tyrome did. Tyrome made an 80% on his test. I am extremely proud of him.