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Questions 8-9
How has the teacher observed the students strength/weakness been observed?
Phonics
Phonemic
Awareness
Vocabulary
Strength Observed
Weakness Observed
Oral responses
Paper tests
Comprehen- books
sion
Fluency
What instructional techniques that teachers have found useful in developing the
strength/weakness?
Techniques for this strength
Phonics
Phonemic
Awareness
Word building
Letter/sound identification practice
Using rhyming words to help spell unfamiliar words
Practicing letter sounds during word building
Practice adding endings and prefixes
Discussing how endings change words and how to
say words once endings or prefixes are added
Reading lists of words that rhyme
Repetition of letters and sounds with flashcards
Word building techniques
Decodable books
Worksheets with pictures of objects and people that
start with the letter sound
Using games
Using kinesthetic activities such as tossing a bean
bag onto words with specific word blends
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Fluency
Repetition
Modeling
Scaffolding
Worksheets to reinforce knowledge
Encouraging student to find familiar parts in words
to determine meaning
Question 10
Teacher reflections on how the students reading ability affects their learning in school.
Negative
Student is behind in all classes.
Student looses interest often
because the student does not
understand the teacher or
directions. Student pays
attention to peers to try to
imitate what they do rather than
listening to instructions.
Student is very slow to learn and
seems to have other
developmental issues.
All other courses are negatively
affected.
The student is unable to do Math
word problems.
The student is currently behind
two grade levels and may have
other learning needs besides
ESL.
Student is confused because the
student does not apply new
words to new concepts.
Neutral
Improving the students reading
ability would greatly improve
the students learning in school.
Reading comprehension affects
the students ability to
understand questions and text in
all other subjects.
Reading ability affects the
students learning
tremendously.
Poor reading comprehension
affects the students ability to
understand text and new
vocabulary all subjects.
Positive
Student is behind but with
focused attention to phonics and
reading strategies seems to be
catching up to peers.
Student is doing well, does not
seem to be behind peers.
The student does well in other
content areas but is sometimes
unable to write about topics
with much detail or
organization.
At this time reading ability is not
affecting his learning because
st
the student is in 1
grade and
everyone is learning to read.