Mercy is a fifth-grade student who started a new public school this year after spending a year and a half doing virtual learning, one year of that being with REACH Cyber Charter School. Mercy’s first language was Mandarin. She was not fluent but understood most of what was spoken to her, until age two when she began learning English. In the beginning, as she was learning English, we implemented some basic sign language to help with communication and her frustration, especially at mealtime.
