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Case Study Presentation Client: Amanda

By: Jessica Argese and Lauren Mazzotta

Background Information

• Caucasian
• Grade 4, Age 10
• Wide Range of Interests
• ADHD and Mild Anxiety Disorder
• Two Siblings
• Attitudes Towards Reading and Writing

Reason for Referral

• Was Near to Approaching Grade Level
• Struggled with Comprehension and Inferential

Thinking

• Reading Pace
• Summary Writing

Interview Results

• Importance of Reading
• Reading at Home

– Time – Types of Books

• Enthusiasm for Writing
• How She Spelled Troublesome Words
• Pretended to be a Teacher

Semester Long Objective

Behavior: Amanda will use a graphic organizer as a comprehension strategy to produce a summary of non- fiction texts while reading both independent and instructional leveled books. For expository reading, she will ask herself:

1. “What is the main idea of the text?” 2. “What are three important facts?” 3. “What is one specific example?”

Running Record Video Not Too Cold for a Polar Bear

Running Record: Comprehension Questions Video

Running Record Results for Instructional Level Text

• Fountas and Pinnell: Grade 4, Level Q
• Word Recognition Accuracy = 95%
• Error Ratio = 1:22
• Self-Correction Ratio = 1:5
• Global Comprehension Level: Better

Writing Sample Transcription

My Trip to Disney In October, I went to Disney World for my brother’s birthday. We went to all of the amusement parks like Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot and many more. We went on a lot of rides. My favorite ride was the Monsters Inc. laugh

• room. It was when Mike told jokes and

people went on the big screen and me and my sister got to tell a joke. All of the rides were really fun and I was happy that my brother had the best birthday ever!!! (The words correspond to each line that Amanda wrote)

Reading Tutoring Program (Semester Long Objective)

• Selection of Texts
• Introducing the Comprehension Graphic Organizer
• Think Aloud Approach
• Amanda Reads Expository Texts Aloud
• Amanda uses the Graphic Organizer
• Teaching Techniques
• Feedback

Writing Tutoring Program

• Comprehension Graphic Organizer
• Modeling Summary Pieces
• Composing Our Own Work
• Sharing Personal Struggles
• Speaking About Challenges
• Analyzing Writing Samples

Updated Reading and Writing Development

Growth

• Graphic Organizer Reduced Wordiness
• Applied Strategies After Scaffolding and

Prompting Problematic Aspects

• Had Trouble Focusing During Reading
• Lacked Comprehension
• Asked if She Could Add More of Her Ideas to

the Summary

Hearing From the Audience: Reading

• What suggestions do you have that could be

utilized to improve our reading program?

• Does anything stand out to you about Amanda’s

comprehension answers? What is it?

• After hearing Amanda’s updated development,

do you have any refocusing strategies that we could use to help Amanda stay on task? What are they?

• Can you think of a next step that we should take

in regards to reading? What is it?

Hearing From the Audience: Writing

• Do you think that our writing program

effectively supports our reading objective? Why?

• Have you seen any types of graphic organizers

that you believe would be more beneficial to help Amanda with her summary writing? What are they?

Summary of Case Study

• Teacher’s Reason for Referral
• Enthusiasm
• Graphic Organizer for Instructional and Independent

Level Texts

• Present Performance
• Reading and Writing Materials
• Reaction to Suggestions