1. Balanced Literacy Development
In order to gain a better understanding of literacy development and how to meet the
needs of struggling readers, I assessed a student in third grade who was
experiencing some reading difficulty. I developed a comprehensive literacy case
study using several assessments dealing with sight words, syllabic and structural
analysis and orthographic knowledge, fluency, reading comprehension and writing.
These assessments gave me a deeper understanding of where this student was
struggling and allowed me to design instructional strategies that would be more
beneficial to her learning and enable her to meet or master third grade standards in
both reading and writing fluency. These assessments are outlined here:
 The First 50 Sight-Words Assessment
 Word Analysis lesson
 Elementary Spelling Inventory Assessment
 Fluency Assessment and Miscue Analysis
 San Diego Quick Assessment
 Oral Language Assessment
 Attitude and Interest Inventory for Reading
 Reading Comprehension (Retelling and Silent Reading)
 Writing Assessment (Process Writing and Narrative)