case+studies

=Literacy Case Studies= toc

=Case Study One- Stacy (Outram)= //**What student need are you targeting?**// Student A- not using spaces between words. still mastering alphabet and sounds //**What learning experiences have you planned for the student?**// Writing a given sentence on the computer with fingerspaces circling spaces in a passage incorporating games working on initial sounds then moving onto final sounds. presenting written work knowing the purpose of it- how it will be valued. //**What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one)**// making sure he sees a purpose for writing //**When will you do this by?**// end of term? //**How will you measure change?**// writing with spaces and perhaps fullstops //**What support do you need?**//

=Case Study Two- Carmel (GSNS)= //**What student need are you targeting?**// My middle group of readers who often get forgotten. //**What learning experiences have you planned for the student?**// I will try a Dr Seuss web quest and then get them, to teach another group how to do a web quest. //**What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one)**// Learning to teach, purpose for learning. //**When will you do this by?**// By the end of term the chn will have had a go. //**How will you measure change?**// I will look at the chn responses and I will see evaluate how well it worked. //**What support do you need?**// Maybe a gentle prod to ensure that I am on task with this and my blog.

=Case Study Three- Karen (NEVNS)= //**What student need are you targeting?**// I am focusing on two six year old readers who voice point and need to increases fluency and phrasing before I can move them on in reading. //**What learning experiences have you planned for the student?**// I am going to use the webcams on the netbooks so that the children can record themselves reading aloud and listen to how they sound. I may also use the Easi Speak microphone as well. Hopefully over time the children will be able to identify a difference in how their oral reading sounds. //**What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one)**// Purpose, personalising the learning. //**When will you do this by?**// I think I will need about a term for this to be effective and imagine that the children will record themselves once a week. //**How will you measure change?**// Children will measure change with regards to how they sound by comparing their recordings which will be stored in order. //**What support do you need?**// I think I can mange this by myself at this stage.

=Case Study Four- Clemency (Outram)= What student need are you targeting?

What learning experiences have you planned for the student?

What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one)

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=Case Study Five- Brian (Sacred Heart)= //**What student need are you targeting?**// Spelling for 4 Year 6 boys //**What learning experiences have you planned for the student?**// Introducing ICT tools, especially SpellingCity, to help the learning of individual lists What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one) Catering for individual needs //**When will you do this by?**// Beginning now and continuing throughout the year. //**How will you measure change?**// Ongoing testing of Essential Lists //**What support do you need?**// None at this stage

=Case Study Six- Linda (GSNS)= //**What student need are you targeting?**// * Extending able readers //**What learning experiences have you planned for the student?**// * Using Point England Model – Book reviews uploaded to class Blog //**What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one)**// //**When will you do this by?**// //**How will you measure change?**// //** What support do you need? **//
 * Webquest – Author comparisons
 * Making connections – have copied the connection starters for use during reading groups.
 * By the end of Term 2.
 * Student engagement, completion of webquest activities, listening and watching book reviews.
 * Help with the uploading of the reviews.

=Case Study Seven- Lynda (Outram)= //**What student need are you targeting?**// 3 children who are very slow to move with letters, sounds and in one case colours and knowing own age. //**What learning experiences have you planned for the student?**// To update my wiki to have more appropriate activities on my wiki for these children to use. Activities that will expose and reinforce alphabet, colour etc. //**What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one)**// To make sure that parents are informed and on board to break down barriers between home and school. //**When will you do this by?**// Continue to build up activities over the remaining weeks of this term. //**How will you measure change?**// Through a letter, sound, colour check and compare to now. //**What support do you need?**// Should be right.

= Case Study Eight- Maria (NEVNS) = //**What student need are you targeting?**// I will be focusing in on engaging a small group of boys with their reading. Encouraging them to read more, develop their fluency and developing their thinking. //**What learning experiences have you planned for the student?**// Maybe using oral-reading and listening back to their reading Interactive reading tasks - web quest //**What 'Effective Pedagogy' have you identified to make the difference? (Can be more than one)**// Related interests Personal experiences along with real experiences with the class //**When will you do this by?**// End of term 2 //**How will you measure change?**// Reading level increased-Probe Observations Increase in books read and comprehension produced //**What support do you need?**// Placing programmes on computer so that students are able to access them. That I am on track and not to go off on a tangent.

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