Lilly's Case Study Essay: American Girl

For my case study, I worked with a nine-year-old name Lilly, she comes from a Hispanic background. The languages spoken at home are Spanish and English, when I asked her which language she prefers to use she said she didn’t care for neither, she didn’t prefer one over the other. According to Lilly, she doesn’t have many books at home even though her mom used to tell her it was important for her read every day, but her mom stopped telling her to read every day now that she is fourth grade. She said she has eleven books at home, four of those books are “American Girl” books, which is a series of books, four other books are Disney books and the rest she said are too easy for her to read now. Among that series of “American Girl” her favorite one is the “American Girl” book that talks about cooking and baking. She doesn’t enjoy reading at home or at school, her favorite subject is mathematics. Even though Lilly’s mom doesn’t read to her she said she reads with her dad on the weekends. She doesn’t have any sisters, she has an older brother who is eleven years old.

Lilly, also doesn’t suffer from any health problems. Her teacher described her as a sweet girl, she could achieve so much more if her parents dedicated more time into her studies. Her teacher also claimed that it is more than obvious that her parents are not involved in her education because she struggles with reading the most among other areas. Lilly is an English language learner in which she participates in the English Language Development program they have at school. Lilly is considered level 3, her CELDT results are as followed listening level is a 4, speaking level is a 4, reading level is a 1, writing level is a 3, overall her comprehension is at level