Case Study of Kelsey, a First Grade Student
by Pam Williams
April 21, 1999
Teacher comments:
Kelsey is a first grade Literacy Group student that has been receiving small group pull-out reading instruction since October. She was identified at the end of kindergarten and the beginning of first grade by her classroom teachers. She has made good progress in reading, moving from a Level 2 to a level 12. However, her first grade teacher is still concerned about her writing skills and her difficulty with segmenting sounds in order to write words. The classroom teacher has used Elkonin boxes to help Kelsey hear the individual phonemes in the words that she wants to write. She also has Kelsey use a lap-size white board so she can practice writing words and sentences before she writes them down on paper. A Student Study Team met in February to evaluate Kelsey’s progress and to address some of the classroom teacher’s concerns regarding Kelsey’s writing difficulties. it was suggested that Kelsey be evaluated by the site psychologist to determine her eligibility for special education services (RSP).