Project 2 Observations

September 8, 2009 - December 2, 2009
Mondays and Thrusdays
9:00-11:00 am

One student: 4.8 year old Caucasian male student

I had observed him under the theory of Howard Gardner and his multiple intelligences.

The following are my observations according to a rubric I had made...

1. Linguistic and verbal intelligence: good with words
2. Logical intelligence: good with math and logic
3. Spatial intelligence: good with pictures
4. Body/movement intelligence: good with activities
5. Musical intelligence: good with rhythm
6. Interpersonal intelligence: good with communication
7. Intrapersonal intelligence: good with analyzing things
8. Naturalist intelligence: good with understanding natural world

Verbal Linguistic
Verbal Communication
Student 2: Proficient – My student is able to communicate with his peers with good structured sentences but are often jumbled up the words and makes him confused with what is going on. My student often stops when talking and has a confused look and then starts over with what he is going to say.
Alphabet ABC
Student 2: Proficient/Advanced- My student can recognize all of the capital letters but has trouble with the capital letter U. My student can recognize most of the lowercase letters but has a little trouble with l and i, u and n, q and p, and b and d.
Writing
Student 2: Progressing/Proficient – My student has a little trouble holding a pencil correctly so he can be able to write his name. My student needs some guidance when holding a pencil so I had asked my student to press harder when he is writing his name and other words he may be writing, that way everyone is able to see his beautiful writing. My student can write his first name with help and recognizes his middle and last name, but can not write either.

Logical-Mathematical
---Patterning---
Student 2: Progressing/Proficient- My student was able to make a pattern by himself. When I had started the pattern my student did finish it in an interesting way. I put the pattern as Yellow, Blue, Yellow, Blue, ….. I had asked my student to finish it so he continued the pattern with Red, Green, Red, Green. My student was able to understand the pattern but I feel was confused that I had not put the other two colors available with the original pattern. Because I had not used the other colors available my student was a bit confused about what to do.

Counting 123
Student 2: Advanced- My student can recognize the numbers when asked to tell me what number was in front of him. Using the plastic magnetic numbers, my student was able to tell me what number it was when I had picked them up randomly from the basket. My student is able to rote count numbers 1 – 29. He can do this better when counting items with another person. My student was able to point to the numbers in front of him when he needed them. My student and I counted together and he was able to get up to 29 without a problem. By himself I believe that he can rote count to the number 20.

Problem Solving
Student 2: Progressing- My student is very aware of how many students are suppose to be in one area at a time, but my student has a hard time when a conflict comes up with another student and comes to a teacher when something is not right between the student and himself. The students need guidance of what to do about the situation. My student often gets upset if he does not have enough time to go to a particular center because of his time management it often does not let him get to what everyone else was doing.

Spatial
Creating
Student 2: Progressing/Proficient- My student has only built structures that were horizontal and is not aware to build things vertically. Although he often sees his friends build something vertically, he just is not interested.
Puzzles
Student 2: Progressing- My student will not do a puzzle by himself. But when a teacher is working with another student on a puzzle my student will come over and lend his expertise in what he can contribute.

Musical
Student 2: Proficient- My student enjoys singing the songs “Rise and Shine” and “The More We Get Together” and does this usually on a regular basis. But my student does not show any further reaction with the music that is playing in the background. My student can also play an instrument when he is asked to.

Bodily-Kinesthetic
Student 2: Progressing/Proficient- My student shows that he has a good sense of hand-eye coordination by throwing a beach ball to myself and some of his friends and hopping up and down like a bunny one both legs and one leg. But my student has a little trouble with fine motor skills such as holding a pencil, scissors, and being able to zipper his jacket.
Interpersonal
Student 2: Proficient- My student enjoys sitting with his peers during large group instruction time, but when it comes to the centers, my student enjoys playing by himself. Occasionally I see him with a couple of his “buddies” he tells me, but most of the time he is by himself.

Intrapersonal
Student 2: Progressing- My student does work with a couple of students if he has to, but does not always get along or realize that some one else is working in the area where my student is starting to help. I have observed that some times students do not want the help from the other people in the room and get upset very easily.

Naturalist
Student 2: Progressing/Proficient- Although I have not seen much of this area, I believe that my student does not enjoy interacting with the natural world and materials around him. My student really enjoys playing with blocks and things that are made of wood, but when it comes to playing outside and drawing with chalk my student had a hard time enjoying himself because he did not want to sit on the ground.