CASE STUDY : INSTRUCTIONS

After reading the case study below, compose a 250-300 word response using proper grammer, spelling, and machanics. Present your findings in one Word Document using intext citations with your references cited at the end of the page.

Each alternative approach described must be found in the textbook and referenced; identifying the page number that discusses each approach within your paragraph.

Case Study:

You have a student who is struggling with your synthetic approach to teaching phonics. Starting in Ch. 6 on page 156, your textbook gives you several different Approaches and Guidelines for Teaching Phonics.

Explain 3 alternative approaches to phonics instruction that you could use to help this student instead of using the synthetic approach. You need to use specific approaches with examples and not only list activities such as flip books and word ladders.

TEXTBOOK:

Reading and Learning To Read by Vacca, Vacca, Gove, Burkey, Lenhart, McKeon. Depending on which editon is used, the needed chapter is "Word Identification". It may not be chapter 6.