Case Study

Student Summary

• Jainesty if a 4th grade student who arrived to the United States in September 2015. This is her first experience in a U.S. school. She is coded as a 1A and just recently began receiving services.
• Proficient in Speaking
• Non-proficient in Listening and Writing
• Approaching Proficient in Reading

Error Analysis

• Difficulty using the correct vowel in words and/or using too many vowels to represent a sound.
• "wount" (won't)
• "beins" (beans)
• "rais" (rice)
• "becuse" (because)

Error Analysis

• Spelling of diagraphs.
• "brouthgt" (brought)
• "whith" (with)

Error Analysis

• Spelling of r-controlled vowels.
• "wor" (were)
• "wamer" (warmer)
• "harther" (harder)
• "Peaghaf" (paragraph)

Instructional Strategies

• Teach each short vowel sound with a gesture.
• Vowel Tent Activites
• Elkonin Boxes
• Use a familiar text to identify words with r-controlled vowels.
• Vowel-R Team Activities

Connection to Arctell

• Factors affecting 2nd langauge acquistion.
• Morphology
• Phonology
• Writing Content and Language Objectives
• Differentiation