During this week, I had the chance to continue research on my Inquiry. My mentor teacher switched up the seating arrangements. We tried to put Sammy into a seating group where it was a safe environment. We felt by putting her into a group where she felt comfortable, like in her new reading group, she would start warming up to the idea of sharing her ideas.
During the the running records I was conducting on tuesday, I made a small accomplishment. I sit out in the common area of our building to conduct the running record for each student in my class. This area is normally pretty empty with zero to about 5 people at a time working on various things. When Normally when Sammy comes out she will read her passage to me VERY quietly. So quiet, that I have to put my ear right next to her head and focus on what she is saying. This day I decided to start out our passage, by saying, "Sammy today, I need to you read with a loud voice so I can hear you." She nodded her head, which actually shocked me. She hasn't been this forth coming about speaking before. When she started the passage she did read with a louder voice than she has ever before. I was very proud of her and I decided I was going to start a reward system with her when she accomplishes this scary tasks.
My wondering: Will this reward system hinder the actual purpose of my inquiry?
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