jenpa1213

Cognitive


 * August: When Jena entered the classroom on the first day of Fifth Grade, her fun, cheerful attitude was evident from the very beginning of the day. As I explained the job chart, I asked someone to reiterate the "removal" process from a job.** **She immediately raised her hand and proceeded to explain the process in a neat way--talking about what happens if you do not do your job. She explained that "you're outta there!" in her best baseball umpire tone and then said that the people "on deck" would come in and take your place. She made a fantastic analogy and related this to something that the other kids could recognize.**

__**Aesthetic**__

__October:__ Jena completes some of the best looking projects and is extremely creative. She really shines when asked to think “outside of the box.” I want her to continue practicing time management when working in class or at home. It takes her some time to get started, but once something has been executed, she gets into it and clearly enjoys the work. Her Wordly Wise project is a crossword puzzle, and she really took this to the next level. Jena's crosswrod puzzle is on thick, hard laminate with a candy corn background and backed on a huge black pumpkin made of cardboard. She thought to put a dry-erase marker in a pocket on the pumpkin so that kids can interact with her puzzle over and over again.

__**Physical**__

At Camp Will-a-Way, I saw a side of Jena I don't' usually get to see in the classroom. She was even more spirited, playful, and silly than usually, and she was obviously loving every minute of the trip. As I watched Jena on Low Ropes 2, her physical side was much more apparent as she and ten other students were challenged to move across a single log to new positions in birthday order. Jena struggled tremendously in this activity--she fell off the log ten times more than any other student. Her balance was incredibly lacking. Each time she fell, she lost an arm, then each leg, then, she was a stump. As she kept falling as a stump, we revived her to see if she would be able to stay on with all her extremities, but to no avail--Jena was not joking.
 * __September:__**

Today I saw a completely new side of Jena as she danced on stage at Trinity Together Time in honor of Diwali. The stark contrast between this child and the one on the log is difficult to believe. Jena was graceful, coordinated, and still extremely happy. I am glad I got to see her at her very best.
 * __October:__**

__**Social Emotional**__

__**Self Knowledge**__

__**Artifacts**__