EDU 345 Summative Report

Fall 2018

Theresa Moore
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Introduction of Tutee

Anthony is a joyful 1st grade boy with a big heart. He is comes from an urban

background and has two younger siblings. These siblings attend the same school, and whenever

they walk by Anthony while we are in a tutoring session, they run over to him and give him a big

hug and kiss. This shows that he comes from a close-knit family that has lots of love for one

another. Anthony is also in a 1st grade IEP classroom with his peers, though what this IEP is for

specifically is unknown.

Pre-Assessment and Formative Results

#1 Pre-Assessment

Sight Words (SW) Word Skills (WS) (WS2)

Mastery 12, 100% ⅘, 80% 3/3, 100%

Anthony’s Score 2, 16.6% ⅕, 20% 0/3, 0%

#2 Pre-Assessment/Formative Report

Sight Words (SW) Word Skills (WS) (WS2)

Mastery 12, 100% ⅘, 80% 3/3, 100%

Anthony’s Score 3/12, 25% 5/5, 100% 3/3, 100%

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Summative Assessment Results

When comparing achievement in the objectives throughout the tutoring plans, this is what I

observed per learning objective:

​ nthony progressed
Breaks Down a Word Presented Orally and Says Each Sound Seperately: A

from mastering 3 phoneme words, to mastering 4 phoneme words.

Identifies Letter Names: ​Anthony began by working on a few letters at a time, to practicing the

whole alphabet, which he did not master fully but still progressed in.
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Reads Words Using Blending: ​Anthony mastered the “green words” (high frequency words) in

his SFA book at first, but when the level of the book increased, he was unable to identify them.

Spells a Word by Breaking it into Seperate Sounds: ​Anthony began by not being able to spell out

3 phoneme words, to being able to spell out 4 phoneme words.

​ nthony did not master his sight words throughout any of the
Recalls Essential Sight Words: A

tutoring plans.

Final Recommendation for Tutee

Seeing the positive progression that Anthony made with one to one assistance, I believe

that if this continued, he would improve significantly in reading. There are so many different

aspects when it comes to reading. Working on all of them with the small amount of time that we

have is nearly impossible. The aspects that I would recommend for my tutee to continue

working on is fluency and sight words. Anthony does a good job of segmenting words and

recognizing the separate sounds that are in words. However, he did not improve in his ability to

recognize sight words, or get his SFA “green words” correct. Anthony needs extra practice in

remembering these high frequency words and reading them fluently. Anthony struggles to read

fluently because he takes his time sounding out each sound, but does not recognize high

frequency words or sight words automatically. I am unsure if Anthony’s IEP is related to his

ability to read, and therefore, it is difficult for me to say whether he should be tested or not.
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Two Significant Ideas Learned in this Experience

Through this tutoring experience, I first learned how to gain rapport with students. My

tutee struggled with motivation in the beginning of the semester. He often would be silly and

climb under the desk, yell his answers loudly, not answer me when I asked questions, or even

throw tantrums because he did not want to do what I was asking him to do. However, by the end

of our time together, I would pick him up from his classroom and he would have a big smile on

his face, he cooperated, he was excited to see his progress, and even thanked me for tutoring him

by the end. I think that I did a good job of getting Anthony to this point. I was patient with him

and always had discussions with him when he would do something he was not supposed to be

doing. I was always very happy and excited to see him and this helped him to be excited to

learn. From this experience, I learned how to take a student that is unmotivated, and help him to

enjoy learning and be excited to progress.

The second thing that I learned from this experience is the countless ways to improve

reading. Through examining the assessments and the lessons given, I was able to pinpoint what

aspects of reading that Anthony needed to improve on. The tutoring manual gave many

strategies to improve these specific things which is something that I can take with me to future

students. Once I identify what it is they need to work on, I am knowledgeable of many strategies

that I have used before and are familiar with in order to help them as well.

From the research articles completed in class, the two that stuck out to me the most were

the homelessness article and the self-selected article. I learned a significant amount not only

from the homelessness article that I read, but also from discussing with my peer, the article that

she had read. I learned from her, how prominent homelessness is in schools through the statistics
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she shared. We shared a nice discussion on how educators need to do more about this issue and

we brainstormed ways that this can be done.

The homelessness article did not particularly relate to my experience with my tutee.

However, I know that going home was often an unsteady situation for many of the other students

at that school. I had heard from my peers who were tutoring at that school that their students

would make comments about the unsteady home situation they had. Since I knew some of the

students at the school were suffering from this, and there could have been many more that I was

unaware of, it affected my demeanor in that school. I made sure to smile and show love to every

student I encountered. Even the little bit of love I could show them could have a big affect on a

child who is going through that situation.

The self-selected article that I chose was about behavior from students from single-parent

families. I chose this article because I know how prominent this issue is today. I learned from

the article, that by the time the children of today reach age 18, 45% of them will have divorced

parents. The author said that single-parents affect children’s academic performance for many

reasons. Some of which include high levels of anxiety, struggling with low self-esteem, and

aggression. These struggles causes them to have a difficult time with interpersonal relations,

making their school experience much more difficult.

I am unaware if this issue affects my tutee. I have heard him speak of his mom briefly,

though he has never mentioned anything about his dad. This does not mean they are divorced,

but I am unaware of his parental situation. I know that, with how prominent single-parent

families are, that I should be sensitive to this topic and never assume that my tutee’s family

situation is one way or the other. I simply have to love and teach him to the best of my ability.
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