Case Study 64 Literacy

A. Case# 64 Literacy: Reading Language Arts is a second grade Social Studies class. This class contains 23 students that are ages seven and eight. Diversity among the students varies greatly because of linguistic diversities, the range of abilities of the students, and the personalities of the students as a whole. Two students are English Language learners, one student has a diagnosis of Asperger’s, and one student receives services in speech. The teacher uses a Diagnostic Reading Assessment to attain the reading levels of the students within the class. The class scores on the DRA range from Level 4 (fall quarter first grade score) to level 38 (spring quarter third grade score). Using the information from the DRA, she noted four students reading scores fall below the second grade level, six reading scores are on the second grade level, and thirteen reading scores are above the second grade level. The information used for planning the lesson was academic abilities and challenges in attention. The plan for the Social Studies lesson is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which fulfills the states standards for social studies, which is “Students will identify significant patriotic and historical songs, symbols, monuments, landmarks, and patriotic holidays; then explain
During this observation, I noticed that the class was having a discussion after watching the “I have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., in which the students were to verbalize the observations they had made about the video and the teacher would add those observations to a web organizer. During the discussion, a student had said, “he was looking at the audience” to which the teacher replied, “we call that eye contact.” The students were readily using phrases such as tone of voice and body language to describe the way that Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his speech. I will ensure a rich academic language in my classroom, by using word walls and journals to keep academic words with their