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