action research by: lindsey jackson 2 nd grade mrs. norris
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Action Research
By: Lindsey Jackson 2nd Grade
Mrs. Norris
Background Information
Worked with 2 students for the whole time
1 ELL student
What did we work on?Plan was to work on improving identification of long and short vowels skills
What is my Question?
For this project my question was..
What are the most effective strategies in teaching vowel sounds?
DATA Collected
Student A
Student B
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7
Pre Assessment
Mid point As-sessment
Post Assessment
DATA- Initial Assessment
Student A Student B0
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3
5
7 7
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2
Correct
Assisted
Incorrect
Students Being Assessed
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DATA-Mid Point Assessment
Student A Student B0
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4
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77 7
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5
CorrectAssistedIncorrect
Students Being Assessed
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DATA-Final Assessment
Student A Student B0
2
4
6
8
6
77 7
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0
CorrectAssistedIncorrect
Students Being Assessed
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What Are The Best Strategies?
Systematic Approach
What is it?
“Systematic phonics instruction enhances children’s success in learning to read and is significantly more effective than instruction that teaches little or no phonics”
Structured
Small group- Tutorial Setting
Hammil, D. D., & Swanson, L. H. (2006, September). The National Reading Panel’s Meta‐Analysis of Phonics Instruction: Another Point of View. The Elementary School Journal, 107(1), 17-26. Retrieved November 30, 2012, from Academic One File.
Code-Based Strategies
What is it?
Code based strategies are taught based on the child’s current level and text they are reading
Adjusts to the child
Provides opportunities for application to daily life
Gelheiser, L. M., Scanlon, D., Velluntino, F., Hallgren-Flynn, L., & Schatschneider, C. (2011, December). Effects of the Interactive Strategies Approach—Extended: A Responsive and Comprehensive Intervention for Intermediate-Grade Struggling Readers. The Elementary School Journal, 112(2), 280-306. Retrieved November 30, 201
Small Groups
Easy to get over whelmed with phonics
Track students progress
Hands on activities
Reutzel, D.r & Cooter, R.B (2012) Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference. Boston. Pearson
What I did!
First game an initial assessment
Needed engaging activities
Used hand motions
Color by vowel worksheet
Short vowel BINGO
Long vowel poem
What I did!
What I Did
Final Assessment
After several weeks BOTH students showed improvement!!
Student A- went from 3/7 to 6/7 correct on assessment
Student B-went from 4/7 t0 7/7 correct on assessment
Impact on Student Achievement
Provided the students with several examples of vowel sounds and strategies to break each word down
What did I learn??
The teachers attitude will effect the students attitude!
Have several opportunities for practice
Things I would Change
Differentiate the assessment- the students caught on and just memorized the answers