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Melissa Lehman & Cole Kindergarten Spring 2009 Case Study

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Melissa Lehman & Cole

Kindergarten

Spring 2009

Case Study

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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

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

sounds

•13-17 Concepts About Print• Difficulty with

punctuation

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Initial Assessment•Cole scored 23/40

•“bed” for “did”

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Initial Assessment•19 words in approx. 10 minutes

•Began writing sentences

•I felt rushed – probably not very accurate.

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Initial Assessment

•Cole identified all sounds he heard in words.

•Cole’s writing is scrunched together.

•Does not capitalize beginning of sentence

•Punctuation

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Ongoing Assessment

•Beginning Instructional at B

•Most of lessons at D

•Ending Instructional at E

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Lesson 1

•Fluency writing - words were too easy

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

•Introduction of New Book

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Lesson 3

•Cole’s first attempt at rereading.

•Commented on text

•Reading for meaning

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Lesson 3

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Lesson 5

•Word Walk

•Unfamiliar Words

•Did not use strategies

•Word work on marker board

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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,

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Lesson 7

•Used strategies well

•Best he has reread

•He also self corrected well

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Lesson 7

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Lesson 8•Strategies

•Read “pencil tips” for “pencil pieces”

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Lesson 8

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Final Assessment•54/54 – same as Initial Assessment

•Concepts about Print• 16/17 – missing comma

usage• 13/17 – Initial

Assessment

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Final Assessment•36/40 Words

•“fend” for “find”

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

•23/40 – Initial Assessment

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Final Assessment•Wrote 26 words

•19 words in Initial Assessment

• Initial Assessment may be inaccurate??

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Final Assessment•All sounds were known in Initial Assessment

•Spacing is much better

•Attention to punctuation

•Still does not capitalize first letter of sentence

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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