In a 3-5 page double-spaced paper, answer the questions under the questions provided underneath the case study of Ryan, who is in kindergarten. Please provide heading in the paper to identify the assignment questions you are writing about. The case study and questions are below:
Overview of Kindergarten Skills
The following reading skills should be mastered by each student by the end of kindergarten:
✓ Participates and listens during reading situations
✓ Engages in talk about books and stories
✓ Uses book language while pretending to read
✓ Understands concepts about print and books
✓ Discusses meaning of stories
✓ Recounts through retelling details, events, and ideas
✓ Reads own dictated stories, pretends to read predictable books, and reads some community signs and
billboards
✓ Identifies all letters of the alphabet, both upper and lower case
✓ Recognizes all consonant sounds
✓ Identifies likenesses and differences in sounds and structures of words
Background
Student: Jeff
Age: 5
Grade: K
Scenario
Jeff is an active and engaging kindergarten student who enjoys being a class helper His teacher feels he tries hard
and does his best with all of his assignments Jeff has mastered most of the kindergarten math skills, and he likes art
and hands-on science activities However, Jeff has taken more time than the other students to master reading skills
Jeff’s teacher has met with his parents several times during the school year Even with help at home, Jeff is not
making the needed progress in reading His teacher knows that Jeff needs extra help and wants to try new
strategies The parents have agreed to meet with the reading specialist and school psychologist to talk about testing
Jeff The meeting is scheduled in three weeks and his teacher hopes that the new strategies will help Jeff and give
her more information to discuss in the meeting The skills he has mastered are listed below
Areas of Strength
• Identifies upper case letters
• Identifies lower case letters
• Matches upper and lower case letters
• Understands that print conveys meaning
• Listens and participates during reading situations
Assignment
Note: Assignments for this case study require the Research-based Reading Resources STAR sheet
• Develop three or four goals for Jeff
• Using the Early Reading STAR sheets, select a strategy for each goal and explain the benefit of using this
strategy to address the corresponding goal
• Select one goal and describe one hands-on activity that will assist Jeff in achieving that goal
• Explore the Websites listed on the Research-based Reading Resources page Select one program you feel
would be helpful for Jeff’s teacher and write a rationale for your choice
