EC is one of my students who I also taught last year. He is an 8th grader this year & I must proudly say that he has progressed a lot in the time I've been working with him. He has jumped from a very low intermediate to a high intermediate proficiency level in English.
Just to put it in perspective, last semester he was reading slowly because he was not confident in his own verbal language & he did not have clear handwriting. Often times, he would "check out" in class because he didn't completely understand what was going on.
Well, yesterday was awesome for one reason & one reason only. I like to randomly teach my students fun idioms or phrases people say, but they might not understand. It's always fun when they get it & even better when they use it in every day life.
EC was trying to copy what I had written on the board onto his paper while sitting at his table. I was standing infront of the board talking about the subject (possibly blocking his view of the board) when EC said, "You make a better door than a window, Ms. S." He smiled immediately, more proud of himself for remembering that statement than anything else.
I couldn't help it, I screamed & said, "Yea!! That was so good. I'm proud of you for remembering that phrase. Good job. OK, I'll move now."
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