vic-tastic!

So today i had a small victory to some but to me it was truly a miracle!
One of my students is about on a preschool level due to learning disabilities. Usually all i can get them to do during their short time with me is draw pictures or read books while everyone else works on assignments. Today as a class we played spelling-tac-toe, basically tic-tac-toe with spelling words instead of x's and o's. Well I told this student to practice spelling 'headline' on their whiteboard since that'd be the word I'd give them when it was their turn. Surprisingly they went right to work studying it. The game was on an edge since the one team only needed to spell one more word correctly before they got a spell-tac-toe it was Student's turn, they needed to block the spell-tac-toe by spelling a word correctly. Student had studied well and they took their time thinking and spelling out the word. The whole class was shocked and amazed that So-and-So got it correct! Even more amazed was So-and-So. The class all cheered as Student spelled it correctly. It was mind-blowing for me! I couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day.
WOW!!!! It was a great reminder as to why I wish to teach.