My interview with Jack

Today I took my kidwatching student, Jack out into the hallway to do my one on one interview with him.  I was surprised about how much he had to say! About every two questions I asked, Jack would ask me if this was a quiz or if he was being tested for something.  I just kept reassuring him that this was just simply for my own interest and to help me become a better teacher.  I think he finally caught on and became very comfortable and honest with answering the questions.  We started with the reading questions and I quickly picked up that he was an avid reader and was reading just about every night before he went to bed.  He said he really couldn’t even pick a favorite book because he just has read so many books.  Then we got to the writing questions of the interview.  Although Jack was so enthusiastic about reading, writing was a different story.  He made me very aware that he did not like writing at all and would always chose to draw pictures over writing a story.  He says whenever they have to write in class, he does it very quickly so he can hurry and draw pictures instead.  Jack said it is easier to portray his thoughts through pictures rather than words.  He had so much to say about reading and writing we really didn’t get to the other questions, which I will have to continue next time!