Our Virtual Class

JohnLoves: Watching football, drawing, swinging.Favorite subjects: PE, Music.Home: English speaking, 2 parents, middle-class.Personal: Biracial, delayed speech, IQ 65, low vision, emergent reader.

Phong Loves: Playing doctor, origami, computers. Favorite subjects: Science, Art.Home: 2 parents, Bilingual- Vietnamese/English, working class. Personal: IQ 109, reading above grade level, bilingual, impulsive.

Dan Loves: Acting, the circus, boating. Favorite subjects: Reading, Social Studies. Home: 2 parents and daily caretaker, middle class, English speaking. Personal: Uses a wheelchair due to Muscular Dystrophy, weak respiratory system, mild learning disability in reading comprehension, IQ 100, reading below grade level.

Sarum Loves: Video games, playing at the park, Transformers. Favorite subjects: Math, Science.Home: Bilingual- Farsi/English, 2 parents, middle class. Personal: Immigrant from Iran, Lead poisoning when little, reading below grade level.

Sunil Loves: Play-dough, animals, storytelling.Favorite subjects: Art, Music. Home: Adoptive family, English speaking, upper middle class. Personal: Blind, recently adopted from India, Hindi speaking, no schooling while in India.

Chung PheLoves: Video games, track, photography. Favorite subjects: Reading, PE.Home: 2 parents, working class, parents well educated in native Vietnam, Multilingual household- Vietnamese/English/ASL.Personal: IQ 117, hearing disability- wears hearing aids in both ears, receives speech services, reading below grade level.

Steven Loves: SpongeBob, basketball, zoo. Favorite subjects: Reading, Art.Home: English speaking, single mom & grandparents, middle-class.Personal: Caucasian, Down Syndrome, IQ 45, low muscle tone, 2nd grade reading level.

Mike Loves: Camping, NASCAR, wheelchair basketball, video games. Favorite subjects: PE, science.Home: English speaking, single dad, live-in caregiver, middle class. Personal: Caucasian, IQ 113, Cerebral Palsy, reading at grade level.

Fatima Loves: dancing, stuffed animals, talking on the phone. Favorite subjects: Science, ReadingHome: Bilingual- English/Arabic, 2 parents + extended family, working class. Personal: Arab-American, IQ unknown, reading at grade level.

Shaquille Loves: Learning, soccer, snow. Favorite school subjects: Home:Personal: Sudanese refugee,

Isabella Loves: Playing with dolls, being a teachers helper, playing with friends. Favorite subjects: Social Studies, Science. Home: 2 parents, middle class, English speaking, parents only completed 3rd grade. Personal: Latina, slow learner, juvenile diabetes.

TanyaLoves: Music, dancing, fashion design. Favorite subjects: Music, Language Arts. Home: 2 parents and extended family, working class, Spanish speaking. Personal: Latina, bilingual- Spanish/English, takes care of younger siblings, reading at grade level, lack of homework completion, multiple absences/tardies.

Tao Loves: Geography, cooking, recycling and environmental concerns. Favorite subjects: Social Studies, Science.Home: Single mom & grandma, working class, Household speaks Fuzhou and adults are illiterate. Personal: Bilingual- Fuzhou/English, reading on grade level.