This week I noticed my target student Tasha (pseudonym) does not pay attention during teacher instruction. She sits on her knees or with her knees to her chest with her feet propped up on the inside of the desk. The teacher never says anything to her about it and I am not really sure why. I noticed that sometimes she is looking at the teacher but most of the time her eyes are roaming around the room or looking at her hands. The result of this is that the teacher ends up having to give her one-on-one instruction to make sure that she understands what the directions are for each assignment. She is sometimes pulled in a small group with other students who also need help. During Language Arts they were given an activity about text structure. The teacher asked her if she understood what they needed to do and she told him yes. As soon as he walked away, I hear her telling the students at her table that it was too hard and she did not know what to do. I am not sure if she was saying this because she really did not understand the worksheet or if she thought she would get someone to do it for her. I walked up to her and asked her to read the question aloud and then I pointed her in the right direction to find the answer herself. She did not look happy that I would not just give her the answer. I would like to find a way to get her more involved in teacher instruction.
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