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Please follow the assignment instructions 100% REQUIRED READING Tompkins, Gail E. (2017). Literacy for the 21st century: a balanced approach, 7th Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Chapter 5: “Cracking the Alphabetic Code: Phonics,” 155-165. (TEXT ATTACHED)Phonics for English Learners?Phonics and Phonemic Awareness: Classroom Guide to Best Practices and Top 5 Phonics/Word Work Lessons Week 4: Two-part assignment. I did part 1 already. Click “here” for document. Part 1: During week 4 you will be analyzing the Diagnostic assessment of a struggling reader. For this assignment, you will be working closely with a reading teacher to do the following: 1. Select the student 2. Analyze the assessment with the reading teacher 3. What are some trends that you both notice? 4. What are areas of weaknesses as they relate to reading (i.e comprehension, vocabulary)? 5. Suggested remediation (at least three strategies- please note each strategy must be referenced to a course reading to show remediation strategy is evidence/research based) Part 2: Action Plan Directions Directions: Provide a detailed, 2 page paper in Times New Roman Font Size 12 (double spaced) with proper APA formatting. The purpose of the action plan is to analyze a Diagnostic assessment of a struggling reader, and provide remediation strategies to address the student area of weaknesses. In order to complete this assignment, you may need to meet with one of the reading teachers in your school to discuss a Diagnostic assessment (i.e. FSA results, Read 180, Reading Plus, Diagnostics) of a student in your class. “A diagnostic assessment is a form of a pre-assessment that

allows a teacher to determine students’ individual strengths, weaknesses, and knowledge and skills prior to instruction. It is primarily used to diagnose student difficulties and guide lesson and curriculum planning.” Please include the following 5 components in your action plan: 1. Select the student: Why did you choose this student? Note: You are not required to share students’ names and/or other identifiable information. 2. Select a diagnostic assessment: What assessment did you choose to analyze? Why did you choose this assessment? 3. Analyze the students’ performance on the assessment: What are the students’ strengths as related to reading? What are the students’ areas of weakness, as related to reading? What trends do you notice? 4. Suggested remediation: Choose at least three reading remediation strategies to improve the students’ weaknesses as described in the analysis. These 3 strategies can all address the same weakness (ex. Vocabulary), or you can provide one strategy for 3 different weaknesses (ex. Vocabulary, Comprehension, Fluency). Please note that for each strategy, you will need to provide a citation/reference to show that the strategy is research/evidence based. You may use the course text, course articles, or other readings to select your strategies. 5. Reference page: Complete a reference page in APA format including all references listed in the paper. Note: This may be one reference (ex. Literacy in the 21st Century by Tompkins) if all of your strategies chosen are found in this text, or there may be multiple references, if you have chosen strategies referenced in course articles or other texts.