In this course, you learn about the various aspects of reading and literacy related to exceptional children, including formal and informal assessments of students. For this assignment, the Case Study provides how reading assessments and teaching strategies can be used in the classroom to identify at-risk students by pinpointing the skills the student struggles with and determining the appropriate intervention to get students back on track. Please make sure to read the directions carefully. To complete the assignment, use the provided Template document and submit your work to Canvas and LiveText by the due date.
Learning Outcomes
Know and demonstrate professional roles and responsibilities relevant to ethical and legislative requirements as related to the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) Code of Ethics, professional certification standards, and confidentiality.
Gather, interpret, and communicate background and assessment information from a variety of sources to make educational decisions and design individualized instruction.
Design developmentally appropriate lessons to include research-based and differentiated instruction and technology.
Understand and adhere to legal and ethical guidelines for assessing, identifying, and monitoring diverse learners with exceptionalities.
Understand and apply research-based strategies to teach or assess pre-literacy skills appropriate to the needs of learners with exceptionalities.
Understand and apply research-based strategies to teach or assess early literacy skills appropriate to the needs of learners with exceptionalities.
Understand and apply research-based strategies to teach or assess advanced literacy skills appropriate to the needs of learners with exceptionalities.
Identify, compare, and categorize traits and characteristics of learners with exceptionalities.
Select, analyze, and justify, use of formal and informal assessments based on models, theories, and philosophies to effectively convey results.
Directions As Lucy’s teacher, use the screening and diagnostic data to complete a Tier I Intervention Plan
for group instruction. What phonemic awareness and short vowel instruction/lessons will you
plan, with assessments, to teach to Lucy? Using the available 5.2 Module Task Template, make a
plan and reflect.
Case Study: Response to Intervention
Introduction: The following case study provides an example of how reading assessments and teaching strategies can be used in the classroom to identify at-risk students by pinpointing the skills the student struggles with and determining the appropriate intervention to get students back on track.
Assessments: Meet Lucy, your second-grade student. As a part of the beginning-of-year screening process you, the teacher, administer a brief screening assessment that yields this data about Lucy’s reading:
Nonsense Word Fluency: