QTC #2 - Stephanie Harryman

After examining Ingrid's results from the standardized achievement test, I would first and foremost discuss her strengths with her grandmother. Her strengths being reading comprehension, science and social studies. It is also important that Ingrid understands that she is doing well in these areas. This will help boost her self confidence in her studies. Ingrid's grandmother can also help with this at home, by praising her when she does well on her exams and assignments. She could also help "push" in these areas where she is clearly above average. She should help her strive to be great, not average. It will also help keep Ingrid's interests growing. Her weaknesses are math computation, math concepts and spelling. Ingrid's grandmother could also help her with her weaknesses at home. Specifically, she could help her make flash cards to help with vocabulary words. She could get her some higher difficulty reading (this would also be good for her strength in reading comprehension). Higher level reading will have harder words, and will help her become familiar with the spelling. Even though Ingrid excelled at reading comprehension, she should read often! This will help her excel in other areas such as other school content/knowledge, spelling, writing, etc. Ingrid's grandmother could also help her study her math by having Ingrid use skills she is learning at home. For example, if they are going on a trip she could have Ingrid calculate how long the drive would take and what time they should leave to arrive on time, she could have her do measurement conversions when cooking, and also math games on electronic devices are great, too! This would help the grandmother relate to Ingrid. Ultimately, practice makes perfect, and any opportunity that Ingrid's grandmother could help her with her homework or recheck her homework is always a positive in a child's achievement. She could also let Ingrid teach her what she is learning. Teaching someone else is the best way to learn or at least, learn what you don't know.