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Meet Zoey

Zoey is 5 years old and is a Kindergarten student in a large urban elementary school in a major Midwest city. Her father was born in Puerto Rico, and her mother is from Mexico. Zoey was born in Indiana. Zoey has 1 older brother who is 8 years old, and a younger brother who is 4 years old.

Both parents speak English well, and use both Spanish and English at home. Her father once played for major league baseball team, and now works as a manager of a sporting goods store. Her mother works as a cashier. Zoey enjoys school. She likes to read books about Barbie and ponies, and loves to build houses with blocks in her classroom.

At school Zoey receives sheltered English content-area instruction in her classroom and receives 30 minutes of daily ESL instruction through a pull-out program with a certified ESL teacher. Her classroom teacher has also recently completed licensure in working with ELL students. Zoey’s’ official English language proficiency level is 5 (WIDA).

At home Zoey likes to play family with her little brother. She plays mom, and her brother plays baby by crawling on the ground, and she pretends to feed him a bottle. Her favorite TV shows are PowerRangers and Peppa Pig.

Reading sample: Toy Store