Level III Blog 2- Wondering

One of the types of data I have collected so far from each student is an interest survey. The interest survey that I used has provided me with a plethora of information about them such as how many siblings they have, if any, and a few of their favorite things(i.e. color, food, animal, etc.). The back of the survey is tited "How do you like to learn?" and gives ten statements for them to check off as yes or no. For example, one of the statements is, "I work best when it is quiet." Another type of data that I collected is a parent survey. Although I was not able to get them from all of the students, I was able to get them from the majority . It asks six questions regarding information about the child that can be useful to the teacher. A couple of the questions concern what the child's strengths are and the areas they would like to see their child grow in. I liked seeing the correlations between the student survey and the parent survey. Lastly, I have collected DRA scores, SAT percentage scores, and PLA AP3 scores . These show me how the students rank in comparison to one another.

My focus is going to be on an ADHD student in my class and the strategies I can implement to help him in his learning. One claim I can make based on the students' survey and parents' survey is that the student, Billy, is strongest in Reading. However, Reading is at the end of the day and this is the time he is less focused, due to his medication wearing off, so I am not able to see him at his full potential in Reading. Another claim is that this student might be gifted or might atleast be losing focus sometimes because he is not being enriched enough. The data that I have to support this are his SAT percentage score and his PLA AP3 score. For the SAT, he scored in the 90's and the other students who scored this high are gifted, except for one. I can say the same about his PLA AP3 score. He scored a 99 on it, the highest grade in the class, which was only achieved by one other student who is gifted.

I see the claims interacting in many ways with where I would like to grow as a teacher. Although I will have many students and it will be difficult to study each student in detail, I will try to. The only way you can truly get to know a student is by observing them and talking to them. I speak with this student every day that I am in the classroom and I notice through conversation how intelligent he is. For example, I have noticed that his vocabulary is high for his age. As a teacher I am going to want all students to reach their full potential as I want Billy to reach his. I am going to try strategies with him that I will find through research. I am hoping that these strategies will help him to focus better so that he can be as successful as possible.

Initial Wondering: What strategies can I implement in the classroom to help an ADHD student reach his full potential?

***Billy is a pseudonym for the student who has ADHD.

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