My GF is student teaching 2nd grade right now in a district with a high % of migrant workers. She has a few students who speak no english whatsoever, but manages fine as she knows a little bit of spanish. It slows things down, but they get by. This week, a new girl was dumped in the class; she speaks no english, cannot spell out her first name aloud (only write it down), does not know the alphabet, etc... The principal is aware of these things, but so far she's still in the 2nd grade, in a student teacher's classroom.
