Lilly's Case Study Essay: American Girl

For my case study, I worked with a nine-year-old name Lilly, she comes from a Hispanic background. The languages spoken at home are Spanish and English, when I asked her which language she prefers to use she said she didn’t care for neither, she didn’t prefer one over the other. According to Lilly, she doesn’t have many books at home even though her mom used to tell her it was important for her read every day, but her mom stopped telling her to read every day now that she is fourth grade. She said she has eleven books at home, four of those books are “American Girl” books, which is a series of books, four other books are Disney books and the rest she said are too easy for her to read now. Among that series of “American Girl” her favorite one is the “American Girl” book that talks about cooking and baking. She doesn’t enjoy reading at home or at school, her favorite subject is mathematics. Even though Lilly’s mom doesn’t read to her she said she reads with her dad on the weekends. She doesn’t have any sisters, she has an older brother who is eleven years old.

According to her teacher she hasn’t had any interventions or strategies directed towards her.

Lilly, also doesn’t suffer from any health problems. Her teacher described her as a sweet girl, she could achieve so much more if her parents dedicated more time into her studies. Her teacher also claimed that it is more than obvious that her parents are not involved in her education because she struggles with reading the most among other areas. Lilly is an English language learner in which she participates in the English Language Development program they have at school. Lilly is considered level 3, her CELDT results are as followed listening level is a 4, speaking level is a 4, reading level is a 1, writing level is a 3, overall her comprehension is at level

3.
Other important information that might impact Lilly’s education is that she comes from a divorced family, during the week she spends her time at her mother’s home and on the weekends, she spends them at her father’s house. She is part of an after school program where she can receive help with her homework along with a snack, but she claims that they hardly help her with her homework because the workers are more focused on helping the younger kids with their homework. Lilly, also mentioned that her mom picks her up most of the time from school, sometimes her grandma or her step dad. She also mentioned that her mom tends to pick her up late from the after-school program and that she is the last one leave. Once she arrives at home she likes to spend most of her time on her iPad since her mom doesn’t make her read any more like she used to.