Test # 5/ Chapter Notes

The QRI Test was administered this week and some sections were modified ,since the child cannot read.The story was read to him. On the first test he scored 8/9- 88%. He was asked, “ what does it mean when something is lost?” He said, “you cannot find it.” He had me draw happy faces and sad faces beside his responses. He retold the story very well.

For the retelling part of the test he scored 70%. He did not tell all the details of the story. He only told about half of the events and then he said, “he found his toy,” which was not mentioned in the story.The last part of the test was the question section and he scored 100%. He got all the questions right.

The Circle Test was administered also as a Curriculum Based Test. On this test the child was tested on these things:

Rapid Letter Naming- Score=17= Proficient

Rapid Vocabulary Naming=Score-18 Below Proficient

Phonological Awareness-Score-35= Proficient

Listening-Score-5=Proficient

Rhyming I-Score-8=Proficient

Rhyming II-Score- 3= Proficient

Alliteration-Score- 6=Proficient

Words in a sentence-Score-3= Below Proficient

Syllabication-Score-6=Proficient

Onset rime-Score-4=Proficient

Book and print awareness- Score-7=Occasional or (in the middle).

Social Skills were tested and for the area of regulation of Behavior he scored -occasional , (in the middle).

Math was also tested and he scored proficient in all areas such as rote counting, number discrimination and number naming, Shape discrimination, shape discrimination triangle, shape discrimination square, set counting, and operations.


Summary and Recommendation

Based on observation of the child, the conclusion of this case study is that the child is in the emergent stage of reading. Early Emergent Readers (Levels aa-C)
Aspiring readers are just beginning to grasp the basic concepts of book and print. They are acquiring a command of the alphabet with the ability to recognize and name upper- and lowercase letters. They are also developing many phonological awareness skills, such as recognizing phonemes, syllables, and rhyme.( Reading A-Z, 2010)


His strengths include phonological awareness, syllabication, and basic concepts for reading. He needs work on word recognition, recognizing words in a sentence, and he needs to develop his fine motor skills. He has some difficulty writing his letters and making them clear. The child scored proficient in all areas of math. His mother was given 2 home surveys that were online and these tests matched the results of “The Circle Test.” (Alphin, 2007).

Since he was a premature baby, perhaps in 6 more months he should be reading. When preemies are babies, parents and pediatricians often use gestational age, instead of chronological age, to determine whether they are meeting developmental milestones on time. Most parents abandon that practice when their children “catch up” to their full-term peers. Some babies are using chronological age well before they can walk; others, because they were very premature or very sick during infancy, take longer.

Signs of School Readiness

Experts generally agree that signs of school readiness are more important than age when deciding whether a child is ready for school. Signs that a child is ready for kindergarten include:

Physical readiness: Children are physically ready for school if they are in good health and fully potty-trained. They should be able to run, jump, and play outdoors, should be up to date on their immunizations, and should have begun regular dental care.

Social and emotional readiness: Children who are ready for school can communicate well and follow directions. They are curious and enjoy learning new things and playing with other children. They can share and can calm themselves when upset.

Academic readiness: Before beginning kindergarten, children should know that letters make words, and should be able to recognize some letters and the sounds they make. They should be able to count and sort, and should know shapes and colors.
(Morrissette, Cheryl, 2009)

In conclusion, even though he was a premature baby and had many setbacks, the child seems to have caught up on the developmental scale as compared to childen his age. However, he may have some insecurities from his past homelife experiences.