Week 14 Student AR

1. Problem- Students need to be able to identify patterns through word families and ryming words.

2. Rationale- Recognizing ryme and word families in text was idendified as a goal in the schools Strategic Plan.

3. Stategy- Games which will require students to use basic elements of phonetic analysis.

4. Question- How can a variety of ryming games be used to help students recognize ryme and word families in text?

5. Evidence- Research shows that implementing a range of ryming games can help students improve their recognition of ryme and word families in text (Allen, 1998).

6. Data Collection- An assessment of decoding strategies will be administered before the implementation of the porject and again at the end of the four week implementation period. A reading attitude survey will aslo be issued at the start and finish of the project. A student checklist covering a students ability to identify ryme in pictures, text , and sound, as well as documenting student performance and participation in whole group activities and samples of student work are other forms of data collection used for this activity. This data will be inserted into a graph upon completion of the activity.