Jomeilin Reyes, a seventh-grader English learner, had spent most of the fall putting his head down during writing time. Co-teachers Ashlee Robateau and Marjorie Levinson knew he struggled with comprehension and avoided assignments that felt overwhelming. But one afternoon, they brought in an AI-powered teaching assistant that walked their students through the writing task of the day. Guided by a series of prompts on their laptops, students worked through their assignment in manageable chunks. The assistant asked Jomeilin to restate the question, pull evidence from the text and explain how that evidence supported his answer — one step at a time.
