Case Study Assignment

Name:

Case Study Details

Based upon the expertise that you have gained as a result of completing
your Words Their Way Inventory and Teaching Assignment, you will build
on this assignment and focus upon one student from your small group who
would particularly benefit from an additional 5-7-session word study tutoring
experience. This student will be the subject of your final case study project.
Using the Words Their Way Spelling Inventories completed thus far as
baseline assessments, plan 5-7 additional sessions of 1-1 instruction for
your student using Words Their Way and what you have learned in class.
You will write a lesson plan for each session and reflect upon each
session in writing. Each narrative reflection should include information about
instructional strategies that seemed to be effective, how each session
impacted plans for the following session, what you learned about your
student today, and what you learned that might help you as a literacy
professional, in general.
After completing your 5-7 sessions of instruction, administer appropriate
components of a Words Their Way Spelling Inventory as post-assessments.
Lesson plans will be included for each session within your case study
project, as well as final conclusions about the effectiveness of your
intervention. Recommendations for subsequent word study must be
included such that they are appropriate for two different audiences; 1)
parent(s) and 2) your student’s classroom teacher. If you are your student’s
classroom teacher, prepare recommendations for another teacher who
works with the student (specialist or resource teacher). These
recommendations must be shared with parent(s) and a teacher and their
reactions must be included, as well.
Your final statements about this student’s learning should summarize his
or her previous understandings within the small group AND provide
extensive details about his/her growth during the 5-7 additional sessions
that you provided.

Case Study Assignment

Read the directions for this assignment above and complete the tasks as
described. Use the rubric/ChecBric below for further guidance.

• Completion of 1-1 case study instruction

• Narrative overview
• Assessment data (Instructional Data and Assessment Data may be
 combined within one section as long as I can determine what you
planned versus what you actually taught.)
• Instructional details
• Recommendations for parents/teacher
• Reflection (should include reflections about each lesson and a final
summative reflection about what you have learned as a literacy
teacher from this entire case study experience)

The ECU Online Writing Lab is available to students who wish to receive
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if you need support as a writer. Visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
acad/writing/writingcenter/submit.cfm for more information. Use the rubric in
the additional file in this folder to guide your submission.

CHECBRIC- Case Study Assignment

Name:
Date:

Cut and paste a √ next to each □ below indicating completion BEFORE you submit the
assignment.

Included a comprehensive narrative overview detailing what you did to complete this
assignment, including time frame. All described…from pre-teaching inventory to
instruction to post-teaching inventory to reflection.
Included a reflection on the teaching unit including an explanation of why the lessons
were appropriate for the developmental level of these students, a description of ALL
of the lessons, NCSCS objectives listed for each lesson, a description of the types of
concept/picture/word sorts used for the lessons and how they built on what the
students knew and were “using but confusing,” links with real reading, and an
integration of ideas from other modules and the text (with appropriate APA citations).
Included recommendations made to parent(s) and teacher and their
reactions/responses
Described your student’s understanding, responses during instruction, and growth in
the area of word study based upon the developmental stages and descriptors in
Words Their Way (included comprehensive view of beginning of small group learning
across all lessons within 1-1 setting)
Included insights about your own learning, including any challenges that occurred
during the lessons and explanations of how they were solved, substantive reflections
about teaching and learning successes, details about what you would do differently if
you taught the unit again, and how this experience will impact your future teaching.
Edited assignment for correct GUM (Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics) and APA
prior to submission
Checked off each ChecBric Item and completed Student Comments (see below) with
thoughtful contemplation reflective of a well-informed professional educator.

STUDENT COMMENTS— Include your reflection on the assignment. What did you learn? How
might you apply what you learned? Were there issues with this assignment?

INSTRUCTOR RUBRIC FOR CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT (35 Points)

ITEMS RELATED TASKS possible earned
points points
Item 1 Comprehensiveness of narrative overview 4
• extensive details included about what you did to
complete this assignment (including time frame)
• all components are described… from pre-teaching
inventory to instruction to post-teaching inventory to
reflection

Item 2 1-1 Instructional Sessions 8

• appropriate for student’s developmental level
(assessment results are used to justify instruction)
• all lessons accurately described (if you include entire
lesson plans ensure that narrative explanations
precede them and weave these “pieces” together)
• all lessons linked with objectives from NCSCS
• learning (including significant emphasis on concept,
word, and/or picture sorts) focused on what student
was “using but confusing” and built on what student
knew
• linked with real reading (actual titles are indicated with
explanations establishing links to spelling, reading
and writing)
• included integration of ideas from modules and text
(appropriate page numbers/citations justify choices)
• included recommendations made to parent(s) and
teacher and their reactions/responses
Item 3 Assessment Data/Insights about Student Learning 8
• clearly described results of pre-and post-assessment
administration
• clearly described your student’s understanding,
responses during instruction, and growth in the area
of word study based upon the developmental stages
and descriptors in Words Their Way (included
comprehensive view of beginning of small group
learning across all lessons within 1-1 setting)

Item 4 Insights about your own learning 10

• Problems clearly articulated, along with explanations
for how they were solved
• Included about what you would do differently if you
taught the unit again
• Substantive reflections included about teaching and
learning successes related to your learning in general,
and to word study, in particular.
 • Addressed how the learning gained in this 1-1
teaching impacts you as a future teacher of struggling
(and non-struggling) readers/spellers/writers

Item 5 Correct GUM (no more than 2 errors) 3

• Organization was very clear and presented in a
logical sequence
• Word choice, spelling, grammar/usage, and sentence
structure represented a level suitable for professional
publication
• Appropriate use of APA throughout

Item 6 ChecBric items checked off and Student Comments reflect 2

professional knowledge and thoughtful composition
Total 35

INSTRUCTOR COMMENTS--