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Reading assessments- reading assessments are necessary to help track students' progress.

Text selection- text selection should be skewed towards the student's interests in order to keep them engaged.

Lesson planning- lesson planning takes a lot of time and consideration. It is important to consider all students and their needs when creating lessons.

Lesson reflecting- it is important to go back and reflect on what went well and what didn't during your lesson. This is imperative for effective teaching.

Before, during, and after activities/content- activities should relate back to the book and should be used to keep the lesson fun and interesting for the student.

Student growth- it was very interesting to see how my kindergarten student progressed so quickly. The last time I reviewed the alphabet with her she was able to identify every letter except for one upper case and two lower case which was a huge improvement.

Student motivation- students need to be motivated to learn in order to actually absorb the information

Things you still want to improve- I would like to improve my time management in both planning lessons as well as teaching them

Things you still have questions about- how often should you assess a student?

Your favorite moments of the case study- I loved watching her make progress!

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1.     Reading Assessments- I was able to see myself improve when completing the reading assessment from the first time I ever did on in SPED 215 to know. I was able to feel more confident with my text markings.

2.     Lesson Planning- I learned that being prepared is very important and that when creating a lesson and focusing it round your student would engage them into completing the activity.
3.     Text Selection- I learned it is very important to listen to your case study students interest to relate your reading to the text as best you can.

4.     Lesson Reflecting- When reflecting on my lessons I was able to see what I could improve on my lesson to make it flow better for both my student and myself.

5.     Student Growth- I was able to see my student become more confident in his reading and he became more open to asking questions if he did not understand a word in the text.

6.     Student Motivation- I found my student to enjoy watching videos as his motivation because it was a break from having to listen to a teachers voice. He was able to hear and watch something new and engaging.

7.     Things I was to improve- Something I would like to improve is going over the directions before having the students complete the before, during, and after reading activities.

8.     Favorite Case study moments- I enjoyed when my student read about “donuts” because he thoroughly enjoyed reading about one of his favorite foods. He thought it was so much fun reading about the history of something he eats all the time.

9.     Questions- After how many lessons should we be going back and assessing the student to see if they are improving or staying the same.
10.  Best practice for teaching Reading- I really enjoyed echo reading and so did my case study student.

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1. I thought the letter books I used with my student were appropriate and allowed her to fully understand the letter using images and large print.

2. I enjoyed lesson planning, creating activities using various materials to help her to learn how to write the letters.

3. My favorite moment of the case study was viewing my student name all the letters and her ability to tell me the sounds of the letters.

4. My student made great improvements from the pre-assessment to the post assessment. I loved watching this growth and viewing how much she improved.

5. The reflection section of the lessons helped me to figure out what to change between each lesson.

6. I learned the importance of phonemic awareness and how to help a student learn the sounds of a word and letter.

7. I learned the importance of pairing visuals with words to help a beginning reader understand a word.

8. I felt using a “repeating sentence strip” helped my student to read full sentences as we read a book through each lesson.

9. I enjoyed singing a song with my student each time to reinforce the sound each letter makes. It helped her to remember the sound and letter we were discussing during each lesson.

10. Finally, I learned the importance of helping a student identify words and becoming a fluent reader through a variety of strategies.

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1.       I was able to learn about what motivates students at this age, mainly rewards or doing work on a topic.

2.       Text selection can be challenging, especially if your student is in between reading levels.

3.       Student growth can be monitored through assessments, both during each lesson and in intervals.

4.       When it comes to the before/during/after activities, sometimes it is hard to get everything done due to time constraints.

5.       My favorite moment of the case study would have to be during the post-assessment with my student, as she remembered the book and did significantly better then her pre-assessment results.

6.       I still have a question in terms of reading assessments: Do the schools dictate which one to do (QRI, Fountas & Pinnell, etc.)?

7.       I would like to still improve upon my knowledge of student literacy and what can be done when a student is really far behind or has a severe language barrier.

8.       I think when it comes to the implementation of my lessons, it really was like a trial/error learning process. I was able to improve on each lesson every time.

9.       In terms of my student’s growth with reading, she was much more confident in her answers and had no problem with looking back in the books without being prompted.

10.   This was a really cool case study to work on, especially because I am very interested in early childhood language development and literacy.

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1. Always put the students interests first.
2. A good hook will help engage the student for the lesson.
3. I learned that you have to be patient with your student and do things in small amounts.
4. Seeing your student progress throughout a semester is a very rewarding feeling.
5. I learned that there are so many different types of before/during/after activities for reading and writing assessment for a student.
6. A detailed and well thought out lesson plan goes a long way.
7. My most enjoyable part of this case study was seeing my student progress to a new reading level.
8. Being flexible with a host teachers schedule is a must.
9. It is very important to have the proper text selection for the student.
10. It is important to be invested in the activity and have fun with the student to promote good learning.

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1.     I learned that being flexible is important because sometimes I won’t have the same time as before.

2.     The before activities set the mood for the during activity, which helped the student focus.

3.     My favorite moment was seeing the student go up to two levels.

4.     The student enjoyed the books of choice because they were science related, and one of his interests is science.

5.     I liked planning the before activities because I could focus on science related motivations.

6.     The student went from no self-correcting to doing it 90% of the time.

7.     I learned my favorite best practices with teaching reading was using pictures to match words.

8.     Another favorite moment was seeing the student write better towards the end.

9.     I still want to improve my planning for after the lesson.

10.  I wanted to know what I should do if a student is not interested at all. Do I keep going anyways, or do I let it go?

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reading assessments

Reading assessments were a great way to show what my case study student was able to do and not able to do when it came to reading. It showed me what level my student would be able to efficiently read at.

text selection

By using the reading assessments, I was able to select the appropriate text for my case study student. He was a Level Q so I used Level Q texts when doing my case study. This helped me evaluate my student's reading at their level.

lesson planning

I learned that lesson planning for reading needs to be planned way in advance and you need to have the necessary materials to be able to execute an efficient lesson.

lesson reflecting

I was thankful for my teacher's feedback when he would see what I was doing for my case study student. He helped me on how I talked to my case study student when going through the lessons.

before, during, and after activities/content

The before, during, and after activities helped make me see that my case study student was engaged with the story and actively learning. The informational activities helped the student pick out key facts in the story and understand the vocabulary.

student growth

The student showed great growth with his pronunciation of the vocabulary words and his fluency in reading. He started to use his finger to guide him which helped him immensely.

best practices for teaching reading

Always make sure you are engaged and asking questions throughout the book so that the student takes something away from their experience.

student motivation

My student was very interested when I had a lesson with him. He was always motivated and one of the best students I have ever worked with.

things you still want to improve

I would like to improve time management. These lessons required more time than was given to me.

things you still have questions about

Do students in higher level grades get assessed like this? Also, how can I time manage to get all my activities in?

your favorite moments of the case study

Watching the student progress throughout the weeks!

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1. reading assessments - can actually be a little more stressful than it seems to the adult giving the assessment.

2. text selection- very important to base off interest of the age group the text is for.

3. lesson planning- can take a lot more time than expected when you’re not sure what you want the lesson to be based on.

4. lesson reflecting- really opens my eyes to how the lesson may have gone different from planned and why.

5. before, during, and after activities/content - they make a big difference because the excitement to learn is amplified.

6. student growth- watching my case study child become so much stronger at reading is amazing.

7. best practices for teaching reading- creating small activities for throughout the lesson.

8. student motivation-can be as simple as a video or small game.

9. things you still want to improve-feeling like I’m effectively assessing my student.

10. things you still have questions about-how to be 100% sure that the students are being efficiently assessed.

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1. Assessment is important because it helps you know where the student is with reading skills.
2. The read alouds are great ways for the students to listen and participate.
3. Concept map used in read alouds let’s the students share what they learned through the story.
4. Keep the book related to the children’s interests.
5. Encourage the students and let them know they are doing a great job. This helps struggling readers to be positive and keep working on building their reading skills.
6. Make sure the book has high quality illustrations.
7. Keep the warm up simple, something just to get the student engaged and excited.
8. If a student is showing that they are getting fed up or it is too much, do not push them to finish.
9. Reading needs to be fun, not feel like a job to them!
10. I found that my case study child really enjoyed doing the charts and writing, not so much drawing the pictures to go along.

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1. Reading assessments are important to figure out what level a student is at and what you should be teaching them.

2. When deciding on a text selection, it should reflect the student's interests.

3. Lesson planning takes time and should be thorough.

4. It's important to reflect on your lessons in order to improve yourself as a teacher.

5. I like to see my student's growth because it shows me that I am making a difference.

6. Before, during, and after activities should relate to the book and be interesting for the student to complete. It is important to model and guide the students through them.

7. Student motivation is important because if the student isn't motivated, they won't follow along through the lesson and book.
8. I still want to learn more about teaching reading as a whole group if there is no other option.
9. My favorite moments of the case study is when my student got something. It was so exciting and so rewarding.
10. I want to improve on letting my student take more time to answer before I jump in and give an answer or help.

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1- concept map- how to use these to organize read aloud with the class.
2- I wonder chart- to get the kids thinking during read alouds and for kids to pay attention to listen to the answer to their wonder.
3- the 4 cueing systems semantic using clues to determine meaning, graphophonic sounding out unknown words, syntactic use clues from sentence structure, pragmatic using background knowledge.
4- pre assessments to see what kids know before we teach them anything.
5- post assessment- to see what the kids have gained from working with the teacher.
6- to use good quality text with good issues and illustrations.
7- before reading to explain, model and guide.
8- using props to get children engaged in the reading or lesson.
9- during a reading you can have students whisper read so you can still hear them.
10- students can make significant progress in a short amount of time.

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1. I really enjoyed creating the lessons for my case study student.
2. I learned a lot about how to assess a students reading.
3. I need to work on techniques to keep the students focused because my student had a lot of trouble with this.
4. Doing these types of lessons take a lot more time than I had anticipated.
5. How we planned the lessons for the case study was very helpful in actually teaching it.
6. The student almost always said what they knew about the topic we were reading about for that day before actually reading. (non-fiction)
7. My student’s fluency improved throughout the semester.
8. The student really enjoyed doing the anticipation guide.
9. Always consider the students interests.
10. I learned that motivation is a big part in getting the students engaged in a lesson.

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Reading assessments are important while completing a project like so that you can make sure you are assessing your student on the right level. If you don't do reading assessments you could be testing them with books that are too easy or too hard for them.

2. The lesson planning for this project helped me to make sure that I was keeping track of everything I needed to do during the lesson and remember important details I wanted to discuss throughout the lesson.

3. I enjoyed seeing my student's growth throughout this project because it made me feel like I was making a difference in her education even though I was only there one day a week.

4. The before, during and after activities were a great way for me to get extra practice learning different strategies to use with my future students.
5. My favorite part of this case study was seeing my student grow at the end of this project.
6. My student became very motivated in my lesson once I focused the lessons on topics she was interested in.
7. Reflecting on the lessons made me keep track of what else I wanted to do with my student.
8. I enjoyed getting practice using the Fountas and Pinnel books because they had a great selection to use.
9. Something I would still like to improve on with my student would be her writing techniques.
10. It made me feel good when my host teacher told me she also noticed a difference in my case study students writing.

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Lesson planning
- I learned that when making lesson plans you need to make sure your lesson is in enough detail for the students to comprehend.
Reading assessment
-I learned that it is very important to find the correct level of books for your student to read. This can mean that the students in your class aren't all at the same level.
Things I want to improve
-I want to improve on how I make my lesson plans in general when I am typing them out. I realized that I have been making them a lot more harder on myself than they had to be.
Things I still have questions about
-What if your child case study didn't show improvement at all even after what you have done all this different work in the field?
Your favorite moments of the case study and more
My favorite moments of the case study and more
-My favorite moment is coming in everyday and the students giving me hugs saying they missed me.
Before, during and after activities/ content
- I learned that you have to make sure that when you're thinking about these activities to do has relevance with the book you are reading. For example, fiction activities and nonfiction activities.
Text selection
-You want to make sure that you are picking appropriate text selection when you are working with students.
Best practices for teaching reading
-Something you want to do is have them try first to see what they are capable of and then help them with what they need and 🤬 them with help as needed.
Student motivation
-I personally motivated them by saying that they all have different thoughts on things we will be doing so we might not all have the same answers at first, but we will work it out to get the right answers.
Student growth
-I loved seeing how much my student has improved from when I first started to work with her to the last lesson I worked on with her. It made me so happy to see I made a difference in her education.

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- reading assessments- I learned how to appropriately pick the correct level from A to Z. text selection- I learned to incorporate the student's interests to make it more enjoyable. lesson planning- I learned different activities before/during/reading to make the lesson plan appropriate.lesson reflecting- I learned that it is okay if things do not go as planned or if you run out of time. Flexibility is important. before, during, and after activities/content- I learned many different strategies to use. One of my favorites is the story pyramid. student growth- I watched my student struggle with fluency and now she has improved in this area. best practices for teaching reading- I made sure to make the motivation something fun that will make them want to read the story.student motivation- Motivation is important especially for the student so they will want to complete the work and try harder.things you still want to improve- I want to improve on creating more fun new ways to introduce the text and during the text, so it is not just a worksheet to fill in throughout. your favorite moments of the case study- My favorite moment of case study is being able to bond with the student and be able to see her improve from the pre-assessment to post-assessment. 

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- reading assessments- I learned how to appropriately pick the correct level from A to Z. text selection- I learned to incorporate the student's interests to make it more enjoyable. lesson planning- I learned different activities before/during/reading to make the lesson plan appropriate.lesson reflecting- I learned that it is okay if things do not go as planned or if you run out of time. Flexibility is important. before, during, and after activities/content- I learned many different strategies to use. One of my favorites is the story pyramid. student growth- I watched my student struggle with fluency and now she has improved in this area. best practices for teaching reading- I made sure to make the motivation something fun that will make them want to read the story.student motivation- Motivation is important especially for the student so they will want to complete the work and try harder.things you still want to improve- I want to improve on creating more fun new ways to introduce the text and during the text, so it is not just a worksheet to fill in throughout. your favorite moments of the case study- My favorite moment of case study is being able to bond with the student and be able to see her improve from the pre-assessment to post-assessment. 

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reading assessments and text selection:
I learned how to
assess a student's reading level and choose appropriate texts to support their
learning

lesson planning:
I learned how to
create lessons that include multiple strategies to reinforce/assist a student
in developing fluency and comprehension

student motivation:

I learned how to engage students and get them excited about reading

lesson reflection:

I ran out of time a lot when teaching my lessons, but I was able to adapt and include the most important parts of the lesson

favorite moments:

I really enjoyed seeing my student’s reaction to my gorilla motivation video. She did not see the gorilla walk through the people.

best practices for teaching reading:

Putting the student’s interest first will help motivate and engage the student. Using a warm up is important before reading a text

student growth:

The biggest growth I saw out of my student was her confidence level. She was very nervous about her reading and writing ability at first, was very hard to pull any written answers from her

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reading assessmentsReading assessments were a great way to show what my case study student was able to do and not able to do when it came to reading. It showed me what level my student would be able to efficiently read at.text selectionBy using the reading assessments, I was able to select the appropriate text for my case study student. He was a Level Q so I used Level Q texts when doing my case study. This helped me evaluate my student's reading at their level.lesson planningI learned that lesson planning for reading needs to be planned way in advance and you need to have the necessary materials to be able to execute an efficient lesson.lesson reflectingI was thankful for my teacher's feedback when he would see what I was doing for my case study student. He helped me on how I talked to my case study student when going through the lessons.before, during, and after activities/contentThe before, during, and after activities helped make me see that my case study student was engaged with the story and actively learning. The informational activities helped the student pick out key facts in the story and understand the vocabulary.student growthbest practices for teaching readingstudent motivationthings you still want to improveI would like to improve time management. These lessons required more time than was given to me.things you still have questions aboutyour favorite moments of the case study

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reading assessmentsReading assessments were a great way to show what my case study student was able to do and not able to do when it came to reading. It showed me what level my student would be able to efficiently read at.text selectionBy using the reading assessments, I was able to select the appropriate text for my case study student. He was a Level Q so I used Level Q texts when doing my case study. This helped me evaluate my student's reading at their level.lesson planningI learned that lesson planning for reading needs to be planned way in advance and you need to have the necessary materials to be able to execute an efficient lesson.lesson reflectingI was thankful for my teacher's feedback when he would see what I was doing for my case study student. He helped me on how I talked to my case study student when going through the lessons.before, during, and after activities/contentThe before, during, and after activities helped make me see that my case study student was engaged with the story and actively learning. The informational activities helped the student pick out key facts in the story and understand the vocabulary.student growthbest practices for teaching readingstudent motivationthings you still want to improveI would like to improve time management. These lessons required more time than was given to me.things you still have questions aboutyour favorite moments of the case study

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o I liked creating the lessons for the case study, they kept me on task.
- I think I have to work on motivation techniques because my student didnt seem to be as engaged as I thought she would've been.
- I want to improve my preparedness. I was missing part of the printed final lesson so I improvised during implementation.
- because these lessons have a before reading and motivation section, in scenarios where theres limited time could they be combined?
- I liked picking the text for my student because I based them off her interests.
- I wish we were able to work with the student more, I feel like we could've gotten more done.
- the assessments played such an important factor when making my lessons, they guided me to know what to work on.
- also by assessments I learned how to chose the appropriate leveled text for my student.
-it was nice to see the progress that my student made, she didnt move up a level but her fluency did improve.
- I liked writing a lesson reflection for each because it told me if I would be able to use them in the future.

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reading assessments: I learned how to assess student's and find their reading level.

text selection: I learned that it is best to choose nonfiction texts that relate to a student's interest.

lesson planning: I learned how to create lesson plans for interactive readings for individual students and whole group.

lesson reflecting: I learned how to reflect on my lessons to see what could use adjusting to improve my future lessons.

before, during, and after activities/content: I learned the importance of activities before, during, and after an activity or a reading. These help extend student's learning.

student growth: I have witnessed how my case study lessons have improved my focus child's reading.

best practices for teaching reading: Finding an exciting and engaging way to get students motivated to learn.

student motivation: I have learned the importance of motivating a student to get them excited and engaged in a lesson.

things you still want to improve: I still want to improve on working with sight words with a student

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text selection- This was an easy thing to do because of my case study student because she let me know what she liked a lot.

lesson planning- Planning what to teach my student was a little difficult to plan to think of what she needs and how to bring it up in a lesson.

lesson reflecting- This was easy and fun to do because my student was able to teach and reflect on teaching her.

before, during, and after activities/content- Doing these with my student was interesting because I got to see her do things that she did not know about.

student growth- My student showed growth at the end of the lessons. She was able to comprehend what she had read.

student motivation- Motivating my student was easy in my eyes because she was very into everything.

things you still want to improve- I want to improve on my lesson plan writing.

things you still have questions about- I do not have any major questions for anything.

your favorite moments of the case study- Being able to work one on one with my student.

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·      Through this case study I was able to assess a student’s reading growth in recognizing sight words and her comprehension of grade-level texts.

·      I enjoyed being able to work individually with a student to build a trusting relationship.

·      I want to improve my ability to complete a QRI and assess the results to benefit the student’s learning.

·      My favorite moments of the case study were being asked by my student when our next lesson was and enjoying working one-on-one with me.

·      Lesson planning was long and required a lot of worksheets.

·      I did not enjoy having an activity planned during reading as I enjoyed having an interactive discussion with my student instead.

·      I want to be able to expand my ideas of how to motivate students at the start of a lesson.

·      Reflecting on my lessons helped me understand what went well and what could be improved for next time.

·      I enjoyed activities like the four important facts for first grade and the concept map, but other activities were too steep for first grade that I did not have access to during lessons.

·      I want to be able to expand my text selection in the future as a teacher and want to find more resources on finding educational books I can use during my lessons.