It was so helpful to get more eyes on my data and do an error analysis to confirm what I want my indicators of success to be.

I knew that vocabulary was a huge issue but now I see how much Destiny's misuse of pronouns is affecting the clarity of the stories she tells. I love that I can use the structure of story plays to both identify what the issues are and address them (i.e. prompting Destiny to be more specific about the characters she refers to). Story plays serves as a powerful format for oral language development.

And this is so important because if English Language Learners have more opportunities to develop oral language skills now, their writing will be stronger later. This will also help their reading because, Destiny, for example, will start to see pronouns as signifiers that help her understand what she is reading.

Look up: crisis in the kindergarten. ed miller. (rosa's dad)