Success!!!! Student X was 504'd before TAAKS and was able to test in a small group and have the math test read to him.

I am hopeful that with all that I have done and all the information I have gathered that I will be able to help his next teacher start his next year off where he left off. This has been a huge help to me and to his parents.

I want to thank DR. Vowels for the opportunity to learn how to be able to have such a thorough easy to read evaluation. I used it in his ARD and with the other teachers that will be working with him.

Student X writing sample 4/20/10

Student "X" reading sounds and words from 100 Easy Lessons 4/19/10

This video has Student "X" sounding out more sounds. The little video recorder I used ran out of memory when he got to the story. It is interesting to listen back at the mistakes he makes consistantly. He is confused by all vowel sounds. Even when the line is over the letter he does not always remember to make the long vowel sound. The same can be said for the short vowel sound. He has some words that are obviously sight words for him. He then has to sound out simple 3 0r 4 letter words. For example "lots" gave him trouble but "of" he knows to say the "v" sound not the "f" sound. Repetition is what has helped him the most. He takes copies of these pages home each night and reads them for homework. Tomorrow we will be writing the words that he sounded out today and we will be writing sounds as well. It will be interesting to see him write in a video format.

Student "X" 100 Easy Lesson 4/19

This is a video of Student "X" reading from one of the 100 Easy Lessons pages. He continues to have difficulty blending sounds. He continues to have difficulty with vowel sounds. He is making a lot of progress, however. He is not sounding out every word and has many more sight words. His fluency is much better. This program has increased his speed and his confidence in reading.

The ADHD Child

This is a Teachertube video of the ADHD child. It is a little lengthy, but it has some really good information on ADHD behavior and tips for teaching the ADHD child.

INTERVENTIONS USED

Student x is a 3rd grade boy. He is reading on a beginning first grade level. He is on the list to be tested for dislexia and other learning disabilities. He is already coded ADHD and is on a low dosage of medication. He takes it in the morning and again at lunch. This medication seems to have no effect on him. He is very easily distracted and he has very poor organizational skills. Many of his papers are lost or destroyed. I have had several conferences with his mother and father. They were advised to reatain him last year in second grade, however, the chose to send him on to "see how he would do". He is currently failing.

He is not a real behavior problem other than the fact he can not follow directions and he draws all the time instead of doing the work he should be doing. He is in a small group with others who are on or below his reading level. He works with the inclusion teacher each day when she comes in my room.

I have used the 3rd grade Reading Streets progam with him and leveled readers all year. He has gone from a Grade Equivelent reading level of, 0.6 on 9/8/09 to a 1.3 on 1/20/2010, from the AR Star Test report. He is making progress.

I have also tested his fluency leve. He is reading on a level F reading level in the Reading a-z program, which is equivelent to Fountas & Pinnell's level F, Reading Recovery level 9-10, and DRA level 10. These are all 1st grade reading levels.

I have begun another reading intervention progam titled "Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Hundred Easy Lessons". I have used this program before and it has helped several slow readers in my classes in the past. I am hopeful that it will help him as well. He is very excited about the program and even told me today he would give me money to buy him a book so I did not have to copy pages for him. He is showing enthusiasm for this program.