second grade observation

My second grade observation at Aldo was with a second grade class, consisting of males and females of a Caucasian race. While I was there the teacher had me take some students out into the hallway individually to read a book. The first student that came with me was very intelligent. She was reading a book that was aimed for a third grade level. Before we started reading the book she was able to tell me exactly what had happened in the beginning. After we read for some time together and stopped she was again able to tell me exactly what we read. It was easy to tell that this young girl was an advanced reader. The other two students that came to read with me were reading at a lower level. One of the boys even mentioned to me that he did not like to read, he only enjoyed playing video games at home. This goes to show how play has changed over time. While I was reading with the two boys that were at a lower reading level it was easy to tell they did not receive as much practice reading as the young girl had. They had a hard time pronouncing many words and it was difficult for them to tell me what they read. By experiencing this I was able to realize how differentiation is a must in the classroom because of the different reading levels.