Heather, do you use QRI for a baseline fluency check, or do have another preference for getting beginning of the year fluency data? Thanks!
"If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) Melinda Hawkins 5th Grade LA/SS McCulloch Intermediate School Highland Park ISD (214) 780-2325 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8/30/2008 9:21 AM >>> I wouldn't use Running Records for middle school students. They are designed for primary grades. The QRI is a really good informal reading assessment. It takes a little while to give, but it gives you awesome data. There is a passage, I usually have them read it silently first, then out loud so I can do miscue analysis. I don't do the outloud every time, but definitely to get a baseline. Then, there are comprehension questions at the end and a spot for a retelling. I like the QRI specifically because it asks different types of questions- inferential, literal, etc. so you can see exactly what the student needs. On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 6:52 AM, Debbie Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Pat -- we have internal assessments and state test results as > documentation. However, we are being asked to keep records of kids' > progress to see if they need to go into short-term reinforcement of language > arts. Just wondering what kind of observation forms or running records are > kept by others. Thanks for your help! > > > Debbie Parker > 203-470-7705 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- On Sat, 8/30/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIT] data records for kids reading > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 9:00 AM > > In a message dated 8/30/08 8:27:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > We are implementing a lot of RTI this year in our school and need to > > collect more data about how kids read. Do any of you have records or > evaluations > > that you use that could help? Thanks, > > > ======= > > I am an RTI teacher for grades 6 and 8. What kind of information are you > looking for? We have state scores on our students and we also give a > computerized test to the whole school which is called a MAP test. I will > also > do an oral > assessment on my students, a multiple choice one, and also ask them to > complete a reading straegy survey. > > Pat - NY > > > ************** > It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find > your travel deal here. > > (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the development of flash cards." - P. David Pearson" "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
