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I. Brief Background and Reason for Project Focus In a general education classroom you will find are a variety of learners; students who enter a classroom come with mixed literacy backgrounds, performance abilities, and learning needs. Theorist Jean Piagets idea of schema supports this notion. He believes that a persons life experiences provide them with a set of schema or skills. These skills can be altered or adapted as a person experiences new things. (Carter, 2006). So often, struggling literacy learners have not been given the life experiences needed to be provided with the proper reading schema, or skill set. This skill set might include strategies to decode words, ways to look for context clues in text, or ability to make and check inferences. The idea that all students enter a classroom with different schema is shown in a research study done between two groups of students exposed to new vocabulary. The students participating in the study were in the same grade but had drastically different vocabulary sizes at the start of the year. Shefelbines research found that 6 th -grade students with the poorest vocabulary knowledge at outset learned the fewest words from context, even though they had the greatest room for improvement (as cited in Cain, Lemmon, Oakhill, 2004, 672). This study confirms Piagets idea that all students have schema whole pushing this notion one step further. At the start of the study, the researcher notices that all students had a different size vocabulary. Now, if they had the same schema, their vocabulary would be the same. Since they do not have the same vocabulary, Piagets theory of people have their own schema is confirmed. What is interesting is that both groups went though the same study but increased their vocabulary knowledge differently. They were provided the same life experience but took something different out of it based on their ability to synthesis new vocabulary from their prior knowledge. LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 3
Shelfelbines research paired with Piagets notion that we all have different schema explains why we need to be able to differentiate instruction to help all learners. Imagine being a struggling reader in a classroom where the teacher does absolutely no differentiation. Struggling readers encounter a steady diet of too-challenging text throughout the school day as they make their way through classes that present grade-level material hour after hour. (Allington & Gabriel, 2012, pg. 10) This struggling reader would not be able to develop the schema to grow as a literacy learner because the text would be too advanced. This is why all teachers should know their students literacy capabilities in their classroom through assessments and inventories at the beginning of the school year. As a fourth grade teacher, it is important to ensure that my literacy instruction is challenging for all students, but not overwhelming. I want to make sure I have given every student the tools to be successful in my classroom so they do not feel like they are drowning. In this literacy study I want to see exactly what part of the text analysis process my student is struggling in. Is it the level of text, the vocabulary, or the ability to decode meaning? I hope this case study allows me to better synthesis the needs of my struggling literacy learner and give him the support he needs.
II. Home and Family The student I have selected to work with, Najeel, is nine years old and in fourth grade. He was adopted, has an older and younger sister, and lives with a very supportive mother and father. This student is below grade level in reading and language arts. His reading Lexile Level is 160 LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 4
which would place him in the bottom 25 th percentile for first grade based on the common core state standards for text measurement. Najeel was diagnosed with ADD in September and started taking medication in early October. This medication has helped a little with his focus, however, he is still often in a daze. I put Najeel through the Child Study Process when I had him as a second grader two years ago. The teaching staff and I came to the conclusion, after multiple interventions, that he should be tested for special education services. However, until recently, his parents would not give their consent. Two years later, they have consented in allowing Najeel to be tested for a learning disability. Until testing occurs, I hope this case study provides further insight into Najeels reading ability and comprehension. Najeels family is invested in his education and will complete homework with him. He often goes to the library to pick out mystery books, his favorite type of reading material. He is currently working on a book report on Neil Armstrong. His father reads him a chapter of this biography every night and asks him comprehension questions. His father expressed his frustration in Najeels lack of comprehension of the text. His family is more than willing to try different comprehension strategies to help Najeel. Upon my suggestion, they are now telling Najeel what questions they are going to ask him before they read aloud so he knows what to look for. They are also letting him draw a picture of what he remembers from the chapter after reading. Najeel definitely gets the support needed at home, something that does not always happen with struggling learners. Najeels younger sister loves to read which makes Najeel upset and frustrated that her reading ability is so much stronger than his. His parents tell me that instead of going home and saying, Amy is so cute, he will comment on how smart the girls are. LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 5
These comments show Najeels primary focus is his academic success. Najeel really wants to do well in school and puts fourth one hundred percent effort all the time. III. Emotional Climate I believe that our classroom is a very literacy rich classroom. We have four bookshelves filled with books from Lexile Level 100 1,000. Students are given monthly book projects which focus on a different book genre. With these book reports, students provide information about the book in varied ways; a board game, a brochure, mystery bag, etc. Students also are placed in Literacy Circles based on their reading level. In these groups, students will read a book, ask each other questions, and practice their oral fluency. Students are also encouraged to add to our Wonder Words chart any new words they learn in their Lit. Circle groups. In Social Studies, we make a giant poster that is filled with questions the students wonder about at the start of each unit. I then fill the top of all of our bookcases with books from our schools library geared towards each particular unit. Students are encouraged to rifle through the books to find answers to their questions. Once they find the answer, they will post their response on a post-it note. Najeel rarely picks a new book from our classroom library. When he does, it is always in his reading level and is typically non-fiction. He will keep the same book for two weeks at a time. I often observe him flipping through the pages and looking at the pictures. When he comes to an exciting picture he will raise his hand and want to know what it is. I always point to the caption and read what it says. Najeel is interested in information in books, but does struggle when locating the information he is looking for (like the captions to explain a picture). In terms of our monthly book reports, Najeel always has parent help with these. Najeels projects look well done but reflect his parents time and effort, not his own. During Literature Circles Najeel LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 6
will participate but will often have to be reminded by his group members to follow along. Najeel does better when he uses his finger to follow along with the text but will not do this unless asked. He will ask questions with the rest of the group. Najeel never goes out of his way to do any extra learning in the classroom. He will not add words to our Wonder Words chart or our Social Studies Poster. Najeel was asked questions in an Informal Reading Inventory Child Interview which showed his interest in writing and lack of interest in reading. It was interesting that the type of reading he dislikes were, Dora the Explorer, baby books which are in his reading level. It can be shown from the interview the lack of skills Najeel has in restating a question or using varied vocabulary. His answers are choppy, to the point, and not filled with detail. (Appendix A)
IV. Literacy History Najeel has struggled with academics for most of his life. Najeel is adopted, his mother was a drug addict and was using while she was pregnant with Najeel. Najeels parents are not sure if this plays a factor in his cognitive struggles. Najeels kindergarten teacher struggled with the idea of retaining him, but in the end, did not. Najeels first grade teacher did not have much communication with Najeels family and said nothing about his progress academically. I had Najeel in second grade and began the RTI process with him. We got as far as requesting parent consent for Special Education testing. However, his parents did not want him to be tested. Najeels third grade year involved being pulled out by para professionals for small group instruction as much as possible; and the third grade teacher was working with Najeels parents to get them to better understand his struggles. Finally, with Najeel back in my class, he is currently being tested for Special Education Services. It has been many years since this initial idea was LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 7
brought up to his parents. I know they want the best for him. However, it did take them awhile to realize that this testing was only going to help give us some answers and not label Najeel. Najeels family does care about him academically. They just started an after school daycare service which I think helped boost their willingness to get Najeel tested for special education services. They realize that Najeel is not at the same academic level as the rest of his peers. Najeels family is invested in his education. They will often come into my classroom at the beginning of the day to talk and for emotional support. I know that Najeels mother often cries when trying to complete homework with Najeel because of how much he struggles with it. His parents seem to be doing the best they can do. The fact that they come in the classroom to get new strategies to help him shows the value they place on education. Najeel does tell me that he would rather be playing with his older sister than reading. He says he is more like his older sister, they both do not like reading. His younger sister, a second grader, loves to read and is already at a higher reading level than Najeel. I know that this does hurt Najeels confidence and it is something that he struggles with. He often talks about is older sister being the reader of the family. His parents also express how upset he gets when his little sister can easily sound out words that he cannot sound out. Najeel currently works in a small group setting for Tear 1 support two days a week. He really enjoys working in this small group and is currently working on reading fluency. He reads books in this group setting that are at a second grade level. He also is in a special reading vocabulary group that meets two days a week. This group focuses on vocabulary words that are in the reading section of the standardized test the school takes three times a year.
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Since Najeel struggles with comprehension (based on his parent input and my own evaluation of classroom work) I knew that I needed to see where he fell in terms of comprehension. To best help Najeel with text comprehension, it was important that I use the most appropriate text for his reading level. Najeels reading MAP test results, a computer based standardized test given to every student in the fall, generated a low Lexile Level score that placed him at a first grade level. The tests I chose to give intended to validate or refute his computer based Lexile Level and pin-point the major issues Najeel has with text comprehension. The first test administered was the McCracken Word Recognition Test. This test consists of different word lists based on grade ability. The student must read the list aloud. As the student reads, the proctor marks the correct words or any miscues they have. The data is collecting, putting the student into one of three categorize for this grade level ability sight word list. The frustration level means the words are incomprehensible to the student, the instructional level is where the teacher should focus guided instruction for the student, and finally the independent level are the words the student can read on their own. The frustration and instructional level are then determined based on the errors made. Word recognition from a 90-100 percent is a students independent level, 70-89 percent is a students instructional level, and anything less than 69 percent is a students frustration level. After administering the McCracken Word Recognition Test Najeels instructional level put him on bar with the average word recognition of a beginning of the year third grader (Appendix B). Najeels miscues were mainly from not applying long vowel cues or dipthongs. The second assessment given was an Informal Reading Inventory (Appendices C-I). This inventory asks the student to orally or silently read a passage as well as listen to one read by the proctor. The oral passage allows the proctor to track oral reading miscues such as omissions, LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 9
substitutions, additions, mispronunciations, and words which required support. Unlike the sight word test, Najeel was required to read sentences. This oral fluency had a different scoring scale than the McCracken Word Recognition Test to gauge a readers independent, instructional, and frustration level. Students scoring between a 97-100 percent on a passage where considered to be at their independent reading level. Students scoring 96-90 were at their instructional level. Finally, any score below 89 percent showed students at their frustration level. Each passage has five comprehension questions the student must answer afterwards. These comprehension questions are based on inferences, vocabulary knowledge, and explicit information found in the text. The independent comprehension reading level is met with errors of one point or less. The student is at instructional level with 1 errors or two errors. Finally a score of 2 errors or more puts the student at a frustration level for comprehension. The passages are all grouped by grade level instructional ability. This is a beneficial test because it is meant to target the area of comprehension Najeel might be struggling with but also shows any contradiction he might have in how he best comprehends text which is based on how the text is provided to him (orally, visually, or both). Since Najeels McCracken Word Recognition Test put him at an instructional level of a beginning of the year third grader, this is the group of passages I started with. Najeel was first asked to read a passage orally. When he did, he made 21 errors. His word recognition in the context of this passage gave him a score of 83 percent, frustration level (Appendix B). Najels errors were many substitution issues. He did not use any strategies to sound words out. This contradicted the McCracken Word Recognition Test previously given to Najeel. Furthermore, Najeel was only able to answer two out of the five comprehension questions correctly for this oral passage placing him at a frustration level for comprehension. Since the third grade level LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 10
passage already proved to be at Najeels frustration level, I did not want him to read a third grade passage silently. However, I did want to see if he could answer the third grade comprehension questions if a third grade passage was read to him. After listening to the passage, Najeel got the vocabulary question correct, half of an inference question correct, and half of a question drawing on factual information from the passage. With two points, Najeel was still at a frustration level for comprehension, even with the additional support of oral reading (Appendices C & D). Based on the results of these two tests I decided to regress to the end of the year passages for second graders. The oral passage Najeel read put him at a 97 percent for oral fluency, which was an independent reading level. His comprehension question answers put him at an instructional level. Najeel got all three of the inference questions correct. He really struggled with the vocabulary question, What does the word dish mean in the story? answering washing dishes and the factual question, What will the astronauts on the spaceship do every night? which he answered talk a long time instead of cook dinner. The way he answered this factual question did not draw on any information from the text, but references his schema on what he knows people do at night (Appendix G). Based on the way Najeel answered the questions, he seems to be able to make connections to his prior knowledge easily but struggles when it comes to using newly presented factual knowledge. When Najeel read the next passage silently to himself he got a comprehension score that put him at a frustration level for comprehension. He answered two of the inference questions correctly and received of a point for his response that asked him to give factual details from the text (Appendix H). Finally, when I read the passage to Najeel he got a score of two, which put him at a frustration level as well. He was able to answer two questions correctly (Appendix I) LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 11
Since Najeel proved to be able to read the second grade level passages independently I decided not to give him any lower level passages. When I provided Najeel with written material during our lessons I was able to make sure they were at his reading level, which was an end of the year, second grade level. Najeel proved from the assessments that he does better with comprehension when reading a passage orally. Thus, I made sure that Najeel read everything with me aloud during the lessons, including directions for any assignments given to him. Najeel has shown that his comprehension is greater this way. The tests also showed that Najeel is often able to create inferences when asked questioned about a given text but does not use the text to answer questions. Finding meaning in text, especially in the context of vocabulary and factual information was our focus of our lessons together. After our lessons were completed, I gave Najeel post-assessments to check his knowledge in using the text to answer comprehension questions (Appendix M & S). These post- assessments were either created by me or were short stories that I got off of the internet. Najeel was asked to return to the text and either highlight the section that answered the comprehension question or provide details from the text that told him his answer. Najeel was able to do this perfectly each time. His only struggle was the lack of detail he gave when it came to the assessment on character traits. Najeel told me that, Cinderellas step-sisters were mean because they made her do stuff instead of stating exactly what they made her do. VI. Lesson Plan Matrix Lesson Foci/Date
Objectives Instructional materials On-going assessment Pre-Assessments Sight Word Test 10/15 - McCracken Word Recognition Test
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B) Pre-Assessments Oral Fluency and Comprehension Evaluation 10/17 - Informal Reading Inventory - Informal Reading Inventory (Appendices C- I) Meaning-in-text 11/13/12 and 11/14/12 The student will answer comprehension questions by finding the answer in the text. RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. - Highlighters - Second grade level passage - Comprehension questions - Formative: Short story, Ants, with highlighted marks Appendix (M) Characters analysis 11/28/12 and 11/30/12 The student will describe a character in a story by giving two explicit details from the story to back up each character attribute. RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text - Second grade level text - Character Web Graphic organizer - Highlighters - Formative: Cry Baby story with answers highlighted (Appenix S)
VII. Reflections on Differentiated Literacy Lesson Plans These reading instructional lessons did make a meaningful contribution in Najeels ability to comprehend text. During the pre-assessment, Najeel never looked back at the text when I asked him comprehension questions. He simply gave me his answer, which was usually wrong LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 13
and based on an inference. Najeel did not use any strategies to find his answers. After our lessons, Najeel realized how looking back in the text help you guarantee that you have the correct answer. Najeel also learned this specific strategy for text comprehension questions can also be applied when analyzing character traits. This can be proven by the references Najeel makes to the text in all post-assignments (Appendix C) or in the use of a highlighter on the text to prove his answer. These strategies are things that Najeel has not applied previously to his reading or comprehension. To support Najeel in the lessons I made sure that Najeel read the text orally, which was his strength in his ability to comprehend text as shown from the pre-tests. I also provided Najeel with a slew of different colored highlighters. This made the task of looking for answers in the text more fun while giving Najeel a better visual to see where the answer he chose was in the text. It also brought him to the realization that comprehension questions do not always going in order of text location. For example, question number 1 might ask you something that can be found at the end of the start while question number 2 might ask you something about the middle of the story. I think it was beneficial for Najeel to work one-on-one with me while learning the strategy of looking back in the text for answers to comprehend the text and answer questions appropriately. These lessons were set up for direct-instruction. This was important because Najeel was never taught how to look within text to find answers. Participating in a teacher talk seemed to help him realize that it is alright not to know the answer and looking back in the text is fine and encouraged. This direct-instruction was presented in a gradual release method until Najeel was finding answers all by himself in the text. LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 14
For our character analysis lessons Najeel completed primarily partner work after direct instruction. At this point, Najeel was already aware of the need to use the text in order to answer comprehension questions. Aware that Najeel might still need guidance in using the text for a different purpose, specifically character traits, he was paired with a high achieving student. During the lesson he needed to be reminded to use the text to prove his character traits. His struggle was mainly due to the abstract component of the lesson. (Appendix R). He had to figure out a characters traits based on how the character acted, looked, how they talked, or what they thought in the story. Najeel relied on his partner to complete the task and rarely wrote down answers. When he was asked how he found his character trait, he could not explain it. If I were to teach the use of finding comprehension questions in texts again I would use a book instead of a short story. With the short story, Najeel was able to skim the passage again and again to find the correct answer to the comprehension question, which was our goal. However, I think I would also like to focus on Najeels memory of where that information might be located in the text. With a book, Najeel would be forced to use picture clues or his story order memory to locate the answer to his comprehension question in the text. I would also like to incorporate non- fiction books into my lesson plans since these are the books that Najeel often picks out from our classroom library. I could also have incorporated a mystery passage into the lesson since that would be a strong motivator for Najeel. As stated in the background information about Najeel, mystery books are his favorite. By providing Najeel with passages based on his reading level, I was able to teach him a reading strategy that was not overwhelming for him because he only had to focus on the strategy, not the difficulty of the text. While completing the character analysis lesson, I used group work which has always proved to be a motivator for my students and provide students with the LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 15
opportunity to talk about what they are doing. I also used direct instruction and teacher talk in all of my lessons. This strategy helps the reader learn what they should be thinking while reading and answering questions. Basically, the teacher is modeling how they want their student to think.
VIII. Recommendations to Teachers and Parents/Caregivers It is apparent from working with Najeel that he will flourish in an environment that allows him to learn new reading strategies while reading material at his own reading level. The struggle with Najeels comprehension is often due to the fact that the text is above his reading level. Najeel will continue to benefit from as much one-on-one instruction as possible as well as teacher modeling. Najeel learns through others examples. Najeel does not always flourish when paired with higher level students. He will often allow that student to do all of the work and not put in the effort he would normally put in when completing an assignment on his own. Najeel also struggles with self esteem issues and shuts down when he knows he is being helped. Najeel truly does his best when given direct expectations in a one-on-one learning environment. This is partly because Najeel feels the pressure to do well and partily because he is away from the classroom distractions. Najeel likes being praised for a job well done. This praise will only increase his determination to complete a task accurately. Najeel wants to do well and, although he always gives it one hundred percent effort when working by himself, he seems to do better when he has an adults supportive words cheering him on. The idea of referring back to text to answer comprehension questions should continue to be reinforced. This idea needs to be expanded to other subject areas as well. Within time, it is the hope that Najeel will see how beneficial it is to take the time to look back in the text to answer questions. LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 16
Najeel should also continue to practice reading aloud. He can practice reading a passage over and over until he becomes a more fluid reader. It would also be beneficial to tape record Najeel reading aloud and then play that tape as Najeel follows along in the text. He might then be able to see the insertions or omissions he makes. I know that Najeel will continue to grow academically if he is reminded of his reading strategies, continues to be supported in a one-on-one setting whenever possible, given literature at his reading level, and taught in a positive learning environment. IX. Appendices of work LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 17
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1 RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Direct Instruction: one-on-one
- How do you answer comprehension questions? - Today, we are going to learn a strategy to help us out. We are going to read text and only answer questions when we can highlight where we found them in the text. Ready? - Practice your thought process with a text and how you found the answer. - Read Favorite Sports with student and have him practice strategy - Give student pointers and helpful hints. - Have student read Ants for assessment on ability to answer comprehension questions. Favorite Sports
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Exemplar: Reading Measurement Topic: Comprehension Educational Objective: o RL.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Exemplar: Reading Measurement Topic: Literary Response and Analysis Educational Objective: o RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text Vocabulary: Protagonist, antagonist, physical traits, personality traits Higher-Level Questioning: How would this story change if written from ______ point of view? Do all stories have a protagonist and antagonist? Can multiply causes have the same effect?
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1 RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text Direct Instruction and Release to Individual Work - Do now: Write down four ways that someone could describe you. - Go around the room and have students share their Do Now, write some traits on the board (write physical traits in one color and personality traits in another color. Tell students that they have just identified their character traits. See if students can guess why the traits are in two different colors. - Tell students that today we will be looking at characters physical and personality traits in order to determine whether they are the antagonist or protagonist of a story. - Define protagonist (leading hero in a story, the main character(s) in a story- Guide students in identifying popular protagonists in movies and on TV. How are they all similar? What makes a character a protagonist? - Do the same for antagonist (the character who causes conflict for the protagonist in a story.) - Read Little Red Riding Hood, figure out who the protagonists were (Hansel and Gretel) and who the antagonists were (mother and witch). - Show students example sheet of physical traits and personality traits. What traits did our protagonists and antagonists share? Fill out one copy of the gingerbread man sheet for each character (four total) as a class. Discuss similarities between protagonists and antagonists. - Read -Jack and the Bean Stock to students. Have students fill out gingerbread man worksheet. Picking the protagonist and antagonist of the story. Discuss physical traits and personality traits of each that they chose. -Gingerbread Man worksheet (1 for each student)
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2 I can identify character traits based on the characters thoughts, words, appearance, and actions. Full Group Instruction: Direct Instruction and Partner Work -Do Now: Show picture of an individual on the ELMO. Have students list personality and physical traits of the person in the picture. -Discuss how it is easier to describe a character/determine physical traits when you can see a picture. Additional clues/information is needed to determine personality traits. What kind of clues could be helpful? -Pass out Thoughts, Words, Appearance, Actions handout to students. Read aloud Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes. Complete handout as story is read in full group. Use information gathered to help students determine physical and personality traits for Lily. Have students work in partners with their own book by Kevin Henkes. -Picture of any individual -Thoughts, Words, Appearance, Actions handout -Traits handout LITERACY ANALYSIS ON NAJEEL 34
3 I can describe a characters feelings, whether stated explicitly or implicitly
One-on-one instruction -Introduce the terms explicitly and implicitly in relationship to characters feelings. (Show handouts on ELMO to define both terms) Have students record the terms in their ELA notebooks -Explain to students that today we are going to read sentences from a story or a short passage and we are going to have to choose how that character feels just based on what is happening in that sentence. For instance, yesterday I got stuck in traffic and called my mom and was complaining about how I was stuck in traffic for a long time. I went on and on about how I was so tired after a long day at work and all I wanted to do was go home and have dinner. Class, how was I feeling? Was this stated implicitly or explicitly? If I wanted to state it explicitly what could I have said? Im frustrated..etc. Read The Baseball Game/Making a Difference passage with student and answer questions as you go by highlighting information about characters found in text. Assessment: Have student read Crybaby sheet out load and highlight answers in text. -Crybaby -The Baseball Game/ Making a Difference
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