Final Reflection

He has been fun to work with during this short amount of time I had with him! He always has a lot to say and was willing to do anything I asked him to do! We did a lot of different things in these short five sessions that we had! We did an interest inventory, spelling inventory, a couple running records, a close read, long a vowel word sorts and writing an autobiography.

I think that he is reading at a level M-O in Fountas and Pinnell he may be higher but this is the level that I worked with him and he seemed to be slightly challenged. We worked on comprehension and I had him stop and talk about what he read and would fill out a worksheet at the end of the story and I think this helped him. When he does not know a word he looks at the first couple letters, looks at the picture and then comes up with a word that he thinks fits there. Sometimes it still makes sense but sometimes it doesn’t and when it does not make sense he does not realize that and just keeps reading.   If I have him go back and reread the sentence he says it with the correct word and I ask him which time made more sense and he says the second time. So he realizes he said it wrong the first time but it is not until I point it out.

For home I recommend using readinga-z.com to find printable books. They have books in order by the level that they put them at and they also include the Fountas and Pinnell level. You can download or print them and they are completely free. I also think that he needs to work on comprehension and making sure the words he reads make sense in the sentence.  For the words that he struggles with I recommend someone underline the words he messes up on. So that after reading it whoever is helping him can talk to him about those words, they can practice how to say them and spell them. This will help him the next time he comes across those words.

After completing this mini case study I feel ready to move on to another student and help them figure out where their strengths and weaknesses are. This has also helped me find where my strengths and weaknesses are. What I learned about my self is that I am very observant and want to find where the problem is and why it is happening. I know that I will need to work on a few things such as my lesson plans and providing more worksheets that will help him with his struggles.