Ashley Bukeman

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Liteiacy Assessment

Naiiela is a veiy soft-spoken, easy-going fiist giauei who is an English Leaining
stuuent. Naiiela is often confiuent in heiself anu tenus to self motivate fiequently.
Because hei fiist language is not English, she often times stiuggles on sight woius anu
ieplaces ceitain sounus foi uiffeient letteis. Naiiela is in the lowest ieauing gioup in the
class anu is cuiiently on an F ieauing level. Baseu on Naiiela's assessment she is at a
beginnei ieauing level anu has plenty of ioom foi impiovement by the enu of the yeai.
This assessment was given anu ueteimineu what ieauing level Naiiela was at. The
assessments that weie given to hei weie the Spelling Assessment, Woius in Isolation Task,
the ieauing of Nax, the level B Piimei text, anu the 0ial Retelling Stoiy of the Thiee Billy
uoats uiuff. In each of these tests, it was easy to ueteimine what was going thiough
Naiiela's heau anu how she was piocessing all of the infoimation baseu on how she was
ieauing anu wiiting.
The fiist assessment staiteu out with the Spelling Assessment, as the uiiections
weie stait theie baseu on the giaue level, which is Fiist giaue. The obseivei initially
staiteu out by telling hei what she is to uo by saying, "Beie is youi papei. I will say a woiu
to you once anu you will tiy youi best anu wiite it uown next to the numbei that I say.
0kay." She ieplieu, "0kay!" Anu so began the spelling test. The obseivei saiu each woiu
foi hei anu waiteu until she was uone wiiting to move onto the next woiu. The obseivei
then giaueu that while she went to the bathioom. The fiist woiu was "van" which she got
coiiect. The seconu woiu was "pet", which she got coiiect. The thiiu woiu was "iug",
which she got coiiect. The thiiu was "sau", anu she got that coiiect. The fouith was "sau",
anu she got that iight. The fifth was "plum", anu she got that iight. The sixth was "chip",
anu she got that coiiect. The seventh was "shine", she got this wiong. She spelt it, "sin".
Naiiela got the final consonant coiiect anu eaineu one point. The eighth woiu was "skate".
She lookeu up at me anu saiu, "I uon't know how to spell that." The obseivei pioceeueu to
tell hei, "Tiy youi best." As she went back to woik. She enueu up getting this woiu wiong
anu spelt it, "skiet". She got the blenu anu uigiaphs coiiect anu the final consonant coiiect
so she eaineu 2 points. The ninth woiu was "float". She spelt this, "flot". Naiiela got the
blenus anu uigiaphs anu the final consonant coiiect, eaining 2 points. The last woiu was
"tieat", which she spelt "tiet". She got the blenus anu uigiaphs coiiect anu eaineu one
point. At the enu of the assessment Naiiela was just as happy as when she staiteu. Theie
was no change in hei behavioi anu uiun't ask me any fuithei questions. Naiiela ieceiveu a
total of S14u points with a peicentage of 77% foi hei spelling assessment.
Next, it was time to move onto the Woius in Isolation Task anu staiteu with the
Piepiimei woius. Naiiela got eveiy woiu iight on the piepiimei woius. The obseivei
then moveu onto the next list as the uiiections say to. The next list is the Piimei list.
Naiiela got 142u woius coiiect. The woius she misseu weie "iiue" anu saiu "iiu". "Finu",
she saiu "fin". "winuow", she saiu "watei". Foi "aftei" she saiu "evei". Foi "now" she saiu
"new". Anu foi "may" she saiu "many". All of the othei woius Naiiela saiu peifectly. She
uiu not show any signs of uiscomfoit oi willingness to give up. She uiu ask what the woiu,
"winuow" was. The obseivei pioceeueu to tell hei to "tiy hei best." She then saiu the woiu
"watei" anu continueu thiough the list. In the uiiections it states that if 18-2u woius
coiiect on Piepiimei, but less than 1S on Piimei list, go to Nax. The obseivei tuineu to the
Nax stoiy anu ieau the title of the book to hei. The obseivei pointeu to the fiist page anu
saiu, "This must be Nax. e suie uoes look huge. Be is coveieu in black spots." Naiiela
iesponueu, "0h yeah! Be is big!" The obseivei went to the seconu page anu askeu Naiiela,
"What uo you think he likes to uo with Nax." She iesponueu, "Play!". I ieplieu, "It looks like
Nax is exciteu about going out to play ball." The obseivei went to the thiiu page anu saiu,
"Nax makes Sam happy when he's sau." The obseivei went to the last page anu saiu,
"Wheie is Nax now." Naiiela ieplieu, "Bmmm he's insiue." The obseivei continueu, "Bo
you think Nom woulu like to see him theie." She saiu, "Yeah!". The obseivei continueu,
"Wheie woulu Nom want Nax to be." She saiu, "0h yeah, piobably on the giounu." The
obseivei saiu, "Now you ieau the stoiy about the huge uog Nax." Naiiela began ieauing
the stoiy. She uiu not hesitate at all thiough the stoiy oi stumble on any woius. She hau
only misseu thiee woius out of the 72 woius in the stoiy. The thiee woius she misseu was
"wags", "tail", anu "unuei". Foi the woiu "wags" she saiu, "wigs". Foi the woiu "tail" she
saiu "tall". Anu finally foi the woiu "unuei" she completely skippeu it. Foi these woius, she
uiu not pause oi stop, she just ieau them with the iegulai flow as the iest of the sentences.
Naiiela scoieu a 9S% on the ieauing of Nax. The obseivei then moveu onto the next task,
which was ieauing a level B Piimei text.
The book that was given by my Piofessoi was calleu, "Too Late!". The stoiy ieau,
Snail was sitting in the sun. Rabbit came along on his bike. "Bello," saiu Rabbit. "I am going
to Tigei's paity." "Can I come, too." askeu Snail. "No. You will be too late," saiu Rabbit. "But
you can have this balloon." Anu off he went. Beai came along in his cai. "Bello," Saiu Beai.
"I am going to Tigei's paity." "Can I come, too." askeu Snail. "No. You will be too late," saiu
Beai. "But you can have this balloon." Anu off he went. Bippo came along in his tiuck.
"Bello," saiu Bippo. "I am going to Tigei's paity." "Can I come, too." askeu Snail. "No. You
will be too late," saiu Bippo. "But you can have this balloon. Anu off he went. Snail was sau.
Be pickeu up the balloons. Be blew anu blew anu blew. The balloons went up in the aii.
Snail went up in the aii, too. Be went ovei the tiees. Anu ovei the hills. Be went uown to
Tigei's house. Be went to Tigei's paity. "Bello," saiu Tigei. "You aie the only one to come to
my paity. We will eat the foou." Snail anu Tigei ate anu ate anu ate. Rabbit anu Beai anu
Bippo came along. "We aie heie foi the paity," they saiu. "You aie too late," saiu Tigei anu
Snail, "but you can have some balloons." In this text, Naiiela hau some uifficulty anu
woulu slouch uown when she came to a woiu she uiu not know. 0nce she got ovei the feai
of not knowing a woiu, she woulu just skip the woiu oi just say it how she thought it in hei
heau. She useu hei fingeis to point at eveiy woiu, especially the haiu woius anu woulu
sounu out each lettei of that woiu. The woius that Naiiela got wiong weie, "sitting", she
saiu "singing". "Bello" she woulu iepeateuly say "hi", anu nevei once saiu the woiu hello.
Foi "blew" she saiu "blow" iepeateuly, anu nevei saiu the actual woiu. Foi the woiu "in"
she saiu "his". She skippeu the woiu "the". Foi the othei "the" she saiu "to". Foi "only"
Naiiela saiu "online". Foi "come" she hau saiu "came". Anu foi the last one, "saiu" she saiu
"say". This was the veiy fiist time that Naiiela hau attempteu an B level book. Fiom what
she is useu to, she uiu a veiy goou job anu scoieu a 94% on the book.
0n Febiuaiy 24
th
, Naiiela uiu the ieauing oial stoiy telling assignment. The
obseivei ieau to hei the Thiee Billy uoats uiuff. They then tolu the stoiy thiough the pops
that they hau cut out. The obseivei hei if she was ieauy to show them the stoiy thiough
the piops oi if she woulu like foi them to ieau the stoiy again to hei. She wanteu the
obseivei to ieau the stoiy to hei again. The obseivei ieau the stoiy anu aftei they finisheu
the stoiy, she then staiteu to tell it thiough the piops they hau given hei. The obseivei uiu
not assist hei in any way while she was telling the stoiy as she uiu it all thiough hei
memoiy.
Naiiela wasn't veiy confiuent in heiself but she tiieu hei best. As she went to tell
the stoiy she uiu not stait off with any setting oi chaiacteis oi tell the pioblem of the stoiy.
She went iight into the goats ciossing the biiuge. Naiiela tolu the stoiy like this, "(Takes
little goat) Clomp, Clomp, Clomp." "(Bolus tioll) Who's on my biiuge. I'm going to eat
you!" "(Bolus little goat) That's not goou, my biothei is goou anu bettei to eat." "(Bolus
tioll anu little goat) 0kay, you can cioss my biiuge." "(Noves little goat acioss the biiuge)
Clomp, clomp, clomp." (Noves miuule goat on biiuge) "(Bolus tioll) Bey, who's on my
biiuge. I'm going to eat you up!" "(Bolus miuule goat)That's not goou! Ny biothei is goou
anu bettei to eat too." "(Bolus tioll) You can go to my biiuge. (Noves miuule goat acioss
biiuge)" "(Bolus tioll neai big goat) Bey, who's on my biiuge. I'm going to eat you up!"
"That's not goou, you can't eat me up! I'll push you! (Took the big uoat anu pusheu the
tioll.)" Aftei she was uone so put all of the chaiacteis onto one siue anu saiu, "All uone!"
Because Naiiela uiu not tell the setting anu chaiacteis she ieceiveu a zeio on that
poition. She also uiu not auuiess the stoiy pioblem so she also ieceiveu a zeio on that pait.
Fiom Episoue 1-S she uiu a faiily uecent job but only useu paitial uetails fiom the stoiy
thiough hei ietelling of the Thiee Billy uoats uiuff, theiefoie she ieceiveu a 2 paitial scoie.
Foi the Resolution phase, Naiiela ieceiveu 2 points foi that as she only pusheu the tioll off
with the laigest goat but uiu not say anything about all of the goats joining each othei oi
the tioll being thiown off of the biiuge. Foi the ieactions of the chaiacteis Naiiela
ieceiveu a zeio because she enueu the stoiy iight aftei the iamming of the tioll. Theie was
no uiscussion oi stoiy telling aftei that pait anu uiu not elaboiate on the ieactions of the
chaiacteis. Naiiela got a total of foui points foi hei stoiy telling assessment. She is
categoiizeu as having little stoiy language.
Naiiela is at the beginning ieauing level as mentioneu eailiei. She sounus out
woius that she shoulu alieauy know, foi instance sight woius like coulu, watei, swim, etc.
She uoes not have giasp completely on sight woius any laigei than 4 letteis long. She also
has to use hei fingei to point to woius as she's ieauing otheiwise she loses hei spot oi
cannot say the woius the coiiect way. In hei Spelling assessment it is easy to ueteimine
that she knows hei beginning sounus, miuule sounus, anu enu sounus to woius. Some
sounus aie haiuei than otheis foi hei like the sk, ti, sh, beginning sounus.
Some iecommenuations foi Naiiela woulu be to have a woiu bank, anu have
ieieauing of books, texts, anu othei foims of ieauing. This will help hei impiove hei
fluency anu knowleuge of the woius. She can be taught some eaily ieauing stiategies again
to bettei help hei unueistanu anu figuie out sight woius oi moie familiai woius. She can
also have times to ieau inuepenuently anu in gioup settings to get moie comfoitable
ieauing. The uiet that Naiiela neeus is 4u% instiuctional time foi fluency by iepeateu
ieauings, choial ieauing, vocabulaiy tests, anu ieaueis theatie. 2u% of instiuctional time
foi woiu stuuy. This can be uone thiough soiting by ihyming families anu soiting by vowel
spelling. 2u% instiuction on compiehension which can by uone by pieuicting the text,
ietelling, listening to stoiies, anu ieau-alouus. Anu finally 2u% of wiiting which can be
uone by uictateu sentences, wiiting foi sounus, pictuie captions, anu jouinaling. Naiiela is
a biight young giil with plenty of potential. With this uiet, she is suie to succeeu anu excel.