The record keeping allows the kids to see how they are improving on their speed and fluency. It also shows you which students are having difficulty. I try a mix of items, but for records you want a cold read. If you want to see if familiarity with a selection helps fluency, try it. If you have a goal rate, you can use the records to see how close they are getting to the goal. I have them read a selection at GRADE level so they can see how far they need to go. It gives them something they can measure..... Bill
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:17 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Fluency >I am sorry if this sounds negative but I am trying to get some >clarification > on something. My school is a low-performing school that is required to > teach exclusively from the Houghton Mifflin basal. We MUST do a fluency > record > on each child who is not reading at grade level every week. We are the > lowest > level third grade leveled reader passage for the fluency record. Most of > my > students being checked weekly are reading at least a grade below. > > My first question is: Should these checks be done after the student has > been exposed to the passages? They are taken directly from the leveled > reader > that we read each week, however, I test most of my students prior to us > reading the leveled reader. My theory was if they were fluent readers, it > shouldn't matter if it is a "cold reading". > > I got a sticky note today telling me that I need to consult with the > literacy coach on fluency strategies since my students fluency is > dropping. Seems > perfectly natural to me since the texts we are reading are becoming more > and > more difficult and the vocabulary mose sophiscated. > > What is the point of this weekly recording? It isn't making them better > readers. Is this just a cover your rear type of documentation? > > Help!!!! > > Rosie > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
