Nayeli is an 11-year old 6th grade student whose independent level for silent reading was three grade levels below her current grade placement. This was a major concern given most of the academic reading required of Nayeli involved silent reading. Initial assessments revealed that Nayeli demonstrated mastery on the structural analysis assessment for inflectional endings, compound words, prefixes, suffixes, and syllabication, indicating that Nayeli could decode many multisyllabic words in context and isolation with ease. However, her performance on the SORT (55th percentile), oral and silent reading indicated she still exhibited some difficulty with the skill, particularly as it related to academic vocabulary. These results indicated a need
