Franko: A grade 3 boy who just moved from Cambodia 3 months ago

1. Family Background: Franko has a gr. 4 older sister and a younger brother in JK at the same school

2. Interests: He enjoys independent games in gym class and enjoys music. He has also been taking piano classes since he was 5.

3. Instructional Strategies:- intensive support from ESL and home room teacher, use of DI and UDL in classroom

4. Involve other teachers within the school such as music and gym

5. use of assistive technology

6. provide personal dictionary, frequent reviews with teacher

7. put gym to last period when he sleeps

8. use of google translation

9. allow wait time

9.1. get occupational therapist for pencil group or explore other strategies

10. Academic Strengths: He is working at grade level in Math with ease.

10.1. He speaks several English words when he is at the coat racks in the hallway.

10.2. He plays with one classmate who speaks his L1.

11. He responds to basic instructions and understands routines such line-up, book exchange and using the washroom pass

12. Assessments: He was placed at STEP 1 in all language domains

13. Listens attentively

14. Challenges: He expresses his needs through gestures.

15. He just began to spell his name.

16. He produces no written work

17. Falls asleep during the last hour of each day.

18. finds reading challenging

19. Has an awkward pencil grip

20. parents not responding to notes from agenda....have teacher who speaks the language call home or translate the notes to L1