Celestine Case Study Summary

Case Study: Draft One Recent emphasis over improving the education system has opened discussing on how culture, emotional behavior and the environment affect academic achievement. The role of a supportive school environment as well as the involvement of the community and understanding of culture are vital to building successful strategies and instruction. There is no doubt that academic attitudes, motivation, goal setting and engagement influence achievement, however, does investing in emotional and social learning can have long-term benefits?
The primary participant for this study is Celestine (pseudo name). Celestine is a nine-year-old, fourth grade student in the state of Florida. Her school is located in Plant City, a rural Elementary …show more content…
She lacks vocabulary knowledge, meaning and comprehension, which are key elements to develop grammar and sentence structure. Her Fourth grade teacher Mrs. K (pseudo), developed a journal for her to write difficult words that she encounters while she is reading. She also encourages her to write the meaning of such words. Celestine takes her journal everywhere, including when she is on I-Ready. Keeping her own word bank as a reference has improved her writing scores, but not enough to be at grade level. Celestine can read but she struggles looking for the main ideas in the story. I noted part of the reason why Celestine is unable to score well in writing. I believe she rushes through books. Upon observation I asked her why does she goes through books so fast. She explained to me that is due to the lack of high interest books in the library in school. She likes The Magic Tree House and the D.W. series. Both books are very popular in second, third and fourth grade. Celestine’s high enthusiasm plays a negative role in her scores. In order to correct this behavior, Celestine needs a wide variety of book availability at her disposition. She also needs to read her books more than once before taking