A Case Study of a Second Grade Student

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For this assignment, I had the pleasure of working with the same student I worked with for the first assignment. My student is in second grade and I well be referring to her as J.R. While working with J.R., I assessed her using four different assessments and I really got to understand her as a learner. This assignment was different from the first assignment because I was able to dig deeper into her literacy knowledge and I was able to identify many of her strengths and areas of need. I feel like I understand J.R. a lot better because I now know about her personally and educationally. J.R. is seven years old and lives in an apartment with her mother, brothers, aunt, and cousins. She enjoys riding her bike outside, watching television, and reading fashion magazines. Fashion and design are her two main passions. J.R. will read any book or magazine if it deals with fashion or design. J.R. also expressed her dream of becoming a hairstylist, just like her mom. However, J.R. isn't as enthusiastic towards reading as she is towards fashion. Reading is just reading to her. At school, she would rather be learning a different subject and at home she would rather be riding her bike. She expressed multiple times that she only likes to read if the material is based on fashion or if the book is a Fly Guy book. Fly Guy books are her favorite. However, J.R. stated that she does like reading with her friends while at school and she does like answering questions because it makes her feel like a movie star. So, presenting and interacting with others is something that she loves to do and feels comfortable doing in the classroom. My interaction with J.R. this time was more educationally based. I wanted to get to know her as a learner and see where... ... middle of paper ... ...e they can master another part. J.R. still hasn't mastered some of the basic parts of spelling like identifying digraphs and blends; therefore she is having trouble when it comes to saying complex sight words and when it comes to actually spelling words. It is important for teachers to make sure that the students understand the basics before they move on to the more complex aspects. In order for J.R. to succeed in the future, she has to go back and learn the basics. The time where students are learning to read and write is one of the many crucial times in their educational career. Works Cited Bear, D., Templeton, S., et al. (2011). Words their way: Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction (5th ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon. English language arts standards. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA- Literacy/RF/2/

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