School Reading Problems Lesson Reflection

Objective

Teaching Strategy

Outcomes
(Descriptive evidence objective was
met)

Fluency
Using a familiar book from a previous
We gave Dawson the book, Dont Let The Dawson was able to read the book at a rate
session, Dawson will demonstrate the
Pigeon Stay Up Late to read. This is the of 75 words per minute and he read with
ability to read with expression and read at a first time he has read the book aloud to us. expression. He filled out his checklist with
pace of 80 words per minute. He will also We had him read the whole book and when all check marks. Kayla and I asked him to
utilize the fluency checklist to evaluate his he was finished, we had him look through think about if he read smoothly and he
the entire book again to point out any words replied yes. We had to explain to him the
reading.
that he didnt know how to pronounce or if definition of smoothly, because he thought it
he didnt know what the word meant.
meant to read slow and steady. He became
somewhat frustrated but erased the check
mark and put a question mark in the box
instead.
Comprehension
Dawson will be able to read an
We started off by having Dawson read
Although this activity had a lot of potential,
informational text at his instructional level. Fossils Tell About Long Ago. After
it was not as successful as we thought it
Dawson will also be able to determine
reading about a quarter of the book, we had would be. Dawson was able to pick out
Three Important Words that tell the main
him stop since it seemed like the text was three words, but it took a lot of effort for
idea, then he will be able to create a
too dificult for him. When asked about the him to understand what to look for in the
summary of the text.
most important word that he pulled from the book. Even after getting those words, he
whole book, Dawson claimed that he did still had trouble with thinking about what
not know. With our guidance, we got him the book was about.
to tell us the word fossil, as well as fish
and mud. However, even after collecting
those three words, Dawson still had trouble
summarizing the main idea of the book.
Writing

After reviewing Dawsons prewriting done

in previous sessions, he will continue
brainstorming by creating a story web that
lays out what he will write about in his
Christmas story.

It was important to us that Dawson

Dawsons four ideas will be useful when he
understood what he was writing about for writes out his sentences in an upcoming
his personal book. When creating the
session. If Dawson is able to connect his
brainstorm map, he was able to tell us four words with his drawings then this activity
ideas (presents, family, winter, cold
will prove to be successful.
weather), but he had trouble thinking of
them on his own. When he was asked if he
wanted to draw picturea or bring them in, he
said he would much rather draw them. This
will be a fun activity for him but it might
take up a lot of time.

Word Study
After reviewing -tion, -sion, and -cian word When we first started writing words on the Dawson successfully wrote invention on the
endings, Dawson will be able to read and board, we showed Dawson the three
board when asked to write a -tion word, but
identify words with those endings. Dawson different endings which he claimed he was was unsuccessful coming up with a -sion
will also review and be able to identify third familiar with. We asked him to write a word and -cian word, writing the word sion
grade sight words through a card game.
for each ending, which proved to be a bit itself as his answer. We asked him what that
difficult. When we moved on to the bingo word meant and he said I dont know, but
board, we had him read the words to us first its a word ive heard before. When we
before playing, but the words proved to be moved onto the bingo board, he had trouble
too challenging for him. So instead of
reading a majority of the words. Even
playing the bingo game, we played our sight though he understood how to pronounce the
word game instead, which he always enjoys.ending sound that we were focusing on, he
had trouble since they were multi-syllable
words that were bigger then what we
normally practice. Our activity proved to be
too challenging for him, so we improvised
and played the sight word game which he
not only enjoys, but is able to do without
getting frustrated.