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Does language have a positive effect on phonemic awareness in several demographic groups? If so, what patterns emerge from among the demographic groups when compared to each other. Hypothesis: Students with theoretical or assessed deficits in language will have a significantly lower score in phonemic awareness when compared with their counterparts. Null Hypothesis, there is no difference in the between the means of students with a theoretical or assessed deficits in lanthat and phonic skills…

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…

phonological level. Chicano speakers whose native language is Spanish may substitute the Spanish vowel system for the English where both words ship and sheep are pronounced like sheep (Fromkin et al., 2011). Other distinctions involve consonants. The digraphs /ch/ and /sh/ are interchanged so that shook is pronounced as if spelled with a /ch/ and check spelled /sh/ (Fromkin et al., 2011). Another is the substitution of /th/ for /t/ in the beginning of words, so thin…

IEP progress: According to Wyatt’s progress monitoring reports, Wyatt remains 3 to 4 grade levels in both reading, writing and math skills. He continues to work on reading multisyllabic words inclusive of two closed syllables with various blends, digraphs and irregular sounds. He is encouraged to seek assistance whenever he does not understand information given. Wyatt continues to struggle with math due to challenges with computations. He continues to struggle with mult-idigit multiplication and…

Area: Reading Annual Goal: Derek will increase reading readiness skills in the area(s) of decoding to with 80% accuracy rate, as measured by observation and data collection. Short Term Objective: Given a set of words, Derek will read beginning word digraphs (i.e. cl, sh, ch,), without assistance, with an 80% accuracy rate. Short Term Objective: Given a set of words, Derek will blend the correct beginning and middle sounds together, without assistance, with an 80% accuracy…

One of the quiet areas has an informal furniture arrangement such a comfy beanbag. Researchers say that beanbags can provide a sense of feeling at home. Although everyone gets a turn it provides a privilege and encourages them to keep up good behavior so that they can participate. The bean bag is located in the library area. As mentioned before the children have a wide selection of leveled books to choose from. Also included in the furniture is a rug for whole group instruction and morning…

Child portrait: Gabriel (Cont.) Reading (Observations and growth) • Analysis of miscues on level C running record assessment taken on September 25, 2015 reveals that Gabriel relies on semantics, syntax and graphophonic cues to decode text. Though sometimes he ignores graphophonic cues • Also, running records indicate that Gabriel has the tendency not pronounce the middle and end graphemes. • Furthermore, his running records show that his sight word recognition is emerging. • A sight word…

Primary (1-3), Elementary (1-6) or Upper Level (5-8): I used the upper level (5-8) list. Nolan scored 70/99 and his spelling stage is late syllables and affixes/ early derivational relations. The spelling inventory showed that Nolan uses blends and digraphs 5/5, vowels 9/9, complex consonants 7/7, inflected endings and syllable juncture 7/8, correctly. Nolan uses but confuses unaccented final syllables 7/9 and affixes 7/10. The features that seemed to be absent were; reduced vowels in unaccented…

My case study student is a second grader who loves mystery books, video games and playing with friends. My first day in the classroom before being assigned my case study student, I almost immediately bonded with my case study student over the stories of Goosebumps, after that he constantly asked me to sit with him during lunch and asked me for help. I would consider him to have a limited internal dialogue because he often says whatever is on his mind, but it frequently turns out hilarious and…

comprehend phonemes (n.pag). The Dyslexia Reading Well states that there are about 44 phonemes in the English language. Each phoneme is a mix of letters in the alphabet. The 44 phonemes fall into three different categories: consonants, vowels, and digraphs, they conclude (n.pag). Morphemes are the smallest unit of meaningful sound and can be divided further than just the 44 phonemes. According to the Rochester Institute of…