Kassidy Bollman Essay

Kassidy Bollman is the student who I have had the pleasure of working with over the past several weeks. Kassidy and her twin sister, Hailey, are 7 years old. She is a fan of, anything pink, chicken noodle soup, reading, and the movie Frozen. During this time that I spent with Kassidy, I found that she added personality to the stories that she read aloud. When I asked Kassidy how she felt about reading she said that she enjoys reading. I’m confident that with the enthusiasm that Kassidy has for reading now, that she will grow a love for reading as she gets older. The first test that Kassidy completed was the Elementary Spelling Inventory (ESI). This test can be used as early as first grade. The list consist of twenty-five words that I asked Kassidy to spell for me. Kassidy had no difficulties when it came to beginning and …show more content…
Similar to before, she did excellent on initial consonants, short vowels, diagraphs, and blends. However, she missed one on her final consonants. The word that I had given Kassidy was “wait” she spelled it “waite.” Once I scored the common long vowels and other vowels, it was evident to me that, within word pattern, middle to late, was her spelling stage. She scored a four out of seven each of the sections. Before I began scoring the inflected endings section, I was surprised to see that Kassidy scored a few points. She was very consistent with words that had “-ed” endings. There were three words on this test with that specific ending and she spelled all of those words with that ending correct. I could confirm with the previous test that she had difficulties with ending such as “-ies” and “-pping.” When I scored her feature points she made forty-five out of fifty-six points. She also spelled sixteen out of twenty-six points correct. Kassidy’s overall spelling stage is within word pattern, middle to