Support and Evaluation

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Support and Evaluation

  • April 30, 2025
  • Posted by: Caitlin McCallum
  • Category: Wow Story
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~ written by Madison Rodgers, LSEM teacher at St. John’s Lutheran School in Chaska, MN ~

I am working with a student who had to repeat kindergarten for various reasons. One of the main reasons being that she might have dyslexia. Her parents are getting her in for an evaluation at the end of this school year. Last school year I was working with her individually each day, going over letters, letter sounds, and putting letters together to create words. She was struggling so much and it was really hard to see her give up on tasks so easily because she said they were too hard. Towards the end of the school year I started to see some concepts “click” for her during our times together. Her Acadience scores showed a bit of improvement as well and I was interested to see how much she would retain after summer break.

Coming back to school this fall and testing her with Acadience again she was completely in the blue, above benchmark, for reading. It was amazing to see how much she retained over the summer and how much she had progressed in her reading and her confidence. I am still checking in with her almost daily but now I am going into the classroom and working with her there.

She still is struggling some with her letters and sounds but not as much as before and I think a dyslexia evaluation will shed more light on who she is and how she learns. I am so proud of all the progress she is continuing to make and how she has gained more confidence and is more willing to try harder things.