1. Jaime Neely Mary C. Snow Westside Elementary Ms. Katrina Helm
Self-Contained BD Classroom / Grades K-2 /
7 Students: 2 Pull-Outs

2. Project Description Individual Tutoring: One Hour Sessions
Tutor two first grade students who struggled in reading.
Ms. Helm wanted me to work with the students on sight word identification using the pre-primer Dolch sight word list. Focused on 20 words.

3. Project Details Pre and post test administered using flash cards.
Each one hour session:
Administer sight word test
Focus on four words each day
Complete worksheets on each sight word.
Use play doh to create words.
Give sight word list to students to take home to study with guardian
Create flash cards for students to keep in desk to study

4. Project Details

5. How It Went Student Behavior Student Achievement
Negatively impacted my ability to complete my tutoring hours
Created a barrier between the student and learning
Student A behavior very severe: become physical and destructive
Student Achievement
Was only able to complete two hours of tutoring
Would not use my data to assess student growth or learning.

6. Student Data

7. Student Data Student A: Student B: March 10: April 14: Down Can Not
One My
Big
Come
Blue
Red
Where
Jump
Help
Here
Make
Two
Play
Run
Find
Three
Said

8. Reflections What They Learned: What I Learned:
I feel that Student A benefited and learned some of the content. However, I can’t be sure as to whether it was from me or from help he received at home.
What I Learned:
Most difficult observation I have ever had
Every BD different
Smallest incidences would set them off. Would completely break down in a matter of seconds.
Breakdowns varied in level of aggressiveness and verbal responses
Short attention spans and all benefited from lessons only lasting minutes with hands-on materials used.
Students only responded to Ms. Helms-created problem because she was frequently out of classroom. She was extremely stern, zero tolerance policy
Changed my mind about medicating children