There were students with reading difficulties, writing difficulties and lower level comprehension skills. The teacher used various techniques and strategies in daily activities and during teaching hours to reach everyone. One student I noticed was W. Hernandez, a Hispanic second grade student. He lives in Fort Valley, Georgia, with his parents who emigrated to the United States. They speak little English and work on a farm mentioned several times by Hernandez. I started noticing it around the second week in class. I was tasked with helping students in their reading groups and this group consisted of students reading at a first grade level. Hernandez read very fluently and if he didn't pronounce a word he would play it with out-of-order contextual clues to try to understand the word. Even during a read aloud he demonstrated that his comprehension skills were at grade level based on the questions he was asked based on what he read. However, when it comes to writing, he has difficulty forming letters and doing homework. Because of him
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