I've used QRI but I've also done miscue analysis with a portion of text I chose for the student.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Melinda Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- - Heather Yes We Can! Obama/Biden '08 "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. 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