Field Experience C

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1 Field Experience C: Applying Reading Extension Strategies Lauren Stuckey Grand Canyon University ELM-315: Foundational Literacy Skills: Phonics and the Science or Reading Dr. Kelly Roberts August 30, 2023

2 Part 1: Identifying Students Who Could Benefit from Reading Extension Activities 1. Identify a student with above grade level reading ability who would benefit from extension in reading instruction. a. The student that we picked for this experience is nine years old. She can read anywhere from a fourth up to a seventh-grade reading level. This student needs to be pushed to continue her exceptional growth in reading and to prevent her from becoming stagnant in her level. We felt that she would be the best fit for this activity. 2. Review existing skills data and reading performance for the student and discuss why extending the lesson is important for meeting the student’s unique instructional needs. a. After reviewing existing data and our recent Beacon scores it was determined that she could use further assistance in researching topics and informational text. This student does great at her reading level with fiction books, however, tends to struggle when it comes to nonfiction books and informational texts. By extending a lesson to meet her unique instructional needs is crucial to help continue to grow in knowledge. We can use her love for reading to our advantage when we are working on other subjects. 3. Discuss strategies and activities that have been previously applied to help extend reading instruction for the student, including the successes and challenges associated with each strategy/activity. a. This student has been placed in our gifted program and is pulled every Wednesday with a group of students to see Mrs. Green, our gifted teacher. While

3 with Mrs. Green, they complete the classwork they are missing but also work on additional assignments that has been planned. This student has success with being pulled on Wednesdays and completes her work ahead of time. The issue is that the material is not challenging enough for her and causes her to not be pushed beyond her level. Due to the student not being challenged, we risk her reading growth being stagnant and then becoming board of all reading materials. 4. Identify and develop an extension activity that you can do with the student to extend their reading instruction. a. Students are learning about what events led to the American Revolution. Mrs. Eiland and I decided to use the website she found, we.diffit.me, to change the passage into a higher reading level to challenge her more. We did two passages, one on the Battle of Lexington and the other on the Battle of Concord. There were reading comprehension questions that would follow each passage for the student to complete. This also allowed Mrs. Eiland to get a grade for this student.

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