Villanelle with a Line from a Preschool IEP Goal
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By Sara Iacovelli
Goal: Student will correctly point to/identify emotions/feelings
depicted on flashcards/pictures/posters (e.g..
happiness, anger, sadness, excitement), portraying
human emotion/feeling. As measured by bi-weekly graphing
of data obtained in structured observations (see quarterly
report on goals.) Correctly identify emotions/feelings
of four-year-old's parents during meeting
to review progress. It's a graph. See?
See: happiness, anger, sadness, excitement. Betraying
relief, fear, concern, hope. Try demonstrating
emotional responses in kid-friendly ways. Play dough faces. Emoji
stickers. Pointing to (identifying) emotions/feelings
on the pages of a book. Model this when reading, saying.
he has his favorite toy. He is smiling. He looks happy.
See? Happiness, anger, sadness, excitement—portray things
simply. Translate them into colors or creatures. Sing
if you're happy and you know it during morning routine.
Clap when student correctly demonstrates motions, and feelings.
Label happiness, anger, sadness, excitement. Portray it.
Sara lacovelli is a poet and a preschool teacher based in upstate NY. She has gone to rad school too many times, though never for writing; she holds degrees in comparative iterature and special education. She was the recipient of the 2024 Dawn Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the 2025 Driftwood Press In-House Poetry Contest. Her work has appeared in Milk Press, The Writer's Foundry Review, Pine Hills Review, Prairie Home Magazine, and others.
