Student Demographics: A Case Study

Student Demographics: B is an eight year old boy who lives with his dad and brother. B is larger and taller than most students in his classroom and his peers. He is also older and about to be 10 in 3rd grade. B’s native language is English, but it seems to be the subject he struggles with. He cannot pronounce words properly, but he can form sentences and usually comprehends his own vocabulary. He does have a speech problem, such as not being able to pronounce letters correctly such as “R’s” and “T’s”. When people talk to him he yells out “What?!” a lot. That probably has to do with his Autism and his sensitivity to sound. But when it comes to reading he is considered a pre-primer reader. A pre-primer reader primarily reads books with words from the Dolch pre-primer list that consists of 40 sight words that are easier to sound out with using the phonics rule (https://www.reference.com/education/preprimer-reader-ad2814f0b212c6d# ). A child who is just beginning to read and cannot read long sentences or complex words are also considered …show more content…
a pre-primer reader.( https://www.reference.com/education/preprimer-reader-ad2814f0b212c6d# ).That is why I chose to do an assessment on pre-primer sight words in the beginning of my observations and then gave him the same test at the end to record if there