Case Study Samantha Bannister EDU 484 Megan Smith

Case Study Samantha Bannister EDU 484

Megan Smith • Has dyslexia • 7 • Cascade Elementary • First Grade • 1 younger brother • Dad: Scott Smith • Lt. Col MTANG • Mom: Lisa Smith • Nurse • Diagnosed with mild Dyslexia at age 6. • Errors are primarily in phonetic spelling, flipping/replacing letters/words • ‘d’ – ‘b’ and ‘p’ – ‘q’ (depending on the font) • Learning is not severely impeded

CORE Phonics Survey • Mastery Test • Assesses commonly used phonics skills in reading • Student uses decoding skills • Used to plan instruction • • Plan for systematic/explicit phonics instruction Generally administered every 4 -6 weeks • Uses sound/letter correspondence

Monster Test • Categorizes spelling abilities • • • Precommunicative Semiphonetic Phonetic Transitional Conventional

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! • Reading for fluency • Keeping track of errors • Looking for progress in error numbers

Summary of Work • Attitude: • • • Positive Enthusiastic Eager • Progress • • Gains in all tests Biggest gain: • Monster Test • Mistakes: • • • Pseudowords Hyphenated words Silent letters

CORE Phonics Survey Graph

Monster Spelling Graph

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Graph

Final Results • Mastery of Skills: • Monster Test • • Zero errors Oh, the Places You’ll Go! • One error • Huge gains in all tests

Summary of Results • My Experience: • • Wonderful Informative • • Insight into Dyslexia Ramifications in classroom Meaningful Teaching moments Made growths in explaining principles/information Differentiating instruction Follow up: • Lasting connections • Child’s experience: • • • Began perfecting already learned skills Took away information and tools Will continue to learn and grow