Assignment:
Read the following student case and answer the following questions.
Jessica is a third grader. She is described by her teacher as a capable decoder and fluent, expressive oral reader. School records indicated that Jessica had done well in first and second grades. However, during the first semester of third grade, she began to experience difficulties. Her performance in reading was inconsistent and her achievement in science and social studies was poor.
Jessica was asked to read a second grade familiar narrative with pictures. She scored at an independent level for word identification and comprehension. She was then given a third grade narrative. Responses to the concept questions revealed that the subject of the narrative was a very familiar topic to Jessica, and she scored at an instructional level for word identification and comprehension. She was then asked to read a third grade expository passage orally. Concept questions revealed that the topic was unfamiliar. Although her word identification score placed in the instructional range, she scored at a frustration level for comprehension. Jessica was asked to read a familiar third grade narrative silently. She did so with an acceptable rate and scored at an instructional level for comprehension.
a) How accurate is the student in identifying words?
b) Which types of text can the student handle most successfully?
c) How does the student perform on familiar and unfamiliar texts?
d) What word identification and/or comprehension strategies, if any, does the student employ while reading?
e) Given the information, what strategies would you suggest and why?
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