case study

Melissa Lehman & Cole

Kindergarten

Spring 2009

Case Study

Cole is six years old (Kindergarten).Has two younger siblings; Likes to play baseball, swim, kick the canConsiders himself a good reader and writerCole says, “Reading is when you read words

and sound them out.”Does not know that reading tells us stories

My thoughts: visual reader

Meet Cole

Initial Assessment•54/54 – Letter Identification• Can identify letters and

sounds

•13-17 Concepts About Print• Difficulty with

punctuation

Initial Assessment•Cole scored 23/40

•“bed” for “did”

Initial Assessment•19 words in approx. 10 minutes

•Began writing sentences

•I felt rushed – probably not very accurate.

Initial Assessment

•Cole identified all sounds he heard in words.

•Cole’s writing is scrunched together.

•Does not capitalize beginning of sentence

•Punctuation

Ongoing Assessment

•Beginning Instructional at B

•Most of lessons at D

•Ending Instructional at E

Lesson 1

•Fluency writing - words were too easy

•Journal Writing – Did not relate this to familiar reading.

•Introduction of New Book

Lesson 3

•Cole’s first attempt at rereading.

•Commented on text

•Reading for meaning

Lesson 3

Lesson 5

•Word Walk

•Unfamiliar Words

•Did not use strategies

•Word work on marker board

Lesson 6•Does not use strategies

•I realize that I need to use words from reading in more than journal work.

•Word work – taking words apart• win, pin, spin, thin,

Lesson 7

•Used strategies well

•Best he has reread

•He also self corrected well

Lesson 7

Lesson 8•Strategies

•Read “pencil tips” for “pencil pieces”

Lesson 8

Final Assessment•54/54 – same as Initial Assessment

•Concepts about Print• 16/17 – missing comma

usage• 13/17 – Initial

Assessment

Final Assessment•36/40 Words

•“fend” for “find”

•Recognized again and give, but took him a little bit too long

•23/40 – Initial Assessment

Final Assessment•Wrote 26 words

•19 words in Initial Assessment

• Initial Assessment may be inaccurate??

Final Assessment•All sounds were known in Initial Assessment

•Spacing is much better

•Attention to punctuation

•Still does not capitalize first letter of sentence

Strong reader and writer

Significant improvements with sight words and knowledge of punctuation.

Uses strategies when reading and writingRereads – makes sure it makes senseCross checks not only with pictures but other

cuesMakes sure writing looks right

My Thoughts