The Impact of Whole Class Word Mix-Up Phonics Intervention on Reading Achievement of 3rd Grade Students
Date of Award
Summer 7-31-2020
Document Type
Project (696 or 796 registration)
Degree Name
Master of Science in Curriculum & Instruction
Department
Graduate Studies
Committee Chair
Ximena Suarez-Sousa
Keywords
COVID-19, crisis response, distance learning, reading achievement, phonics intervention
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a whole class phonics intervention on reading achievement of third grade students. Many teachers struggle to help increase students’ reading achievement each year and this study aims to find a possible avenue to fix this problem. Nineteen students in my third-grade class would have received the Fastbridge Word Mix-Up phonics intervention three days a week for fifteen minutes each time. This intervention would have taken place in addition to the regular 90 minutes of literacy instruction they received each day. Due to the unexpected school closure caused by COVID-19, the proposed plans for this study were unable to be implemented fully. Instead, this research study transitioned to an autoethnographic approach, that outlines my experiences as a third-grade teacher suddenly implementing distance learning. Common themes emerged from the researcher’s daily journal. Recommendations from these themes include flexibility, maintaining communication and using technology during in-person classes to prepare students for distance learning.
Recommended Citation
Aanstad, Katie, "The Impact of Whole Class Word Mix-Up Phonics Intervention on Reading Achievement of 3rd Grade Students" (2020). Dissertations, Theses, and Projects. 390.
https://red.mnstate.edu/thesis/390