·      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. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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. 

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!