I don't feel this kid needs serious pull out intervention, but could use some fluency work within the classroom. A kid like this likely has a lot of background knowledge which helps to make up for the comprehension lost because of the slow reading rate...OR the other possibility is that this kid is very nervous when reading orally and does poorly as a result. I find that silent reading rate is supposed to be faster... and a slower reading rate is appropriate on an expository piece anyway... Jennifer Reading specialist Maryland -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 20 May 2007 7:35 PM Subject: [MOSAIC] Fluency vs comprehension
I have an interesting student in my intervention class that I'd like some others to comment on. I've been doing my end of year assessments- I use the QRI-4 because the DRA for grades 4-8 is so long and these kids might have actually seen the 40 & 44 levels- anyway, most of my students at the end of fourth grade are doing sketchy retells, fluency below the 50 percent mark on the Hasbrouck fluency scale, but are getting the comprehension questions! I've gotten kids scoring independent with a grade(level)4 expository piece and some instructional at 5th with one of the easier expository pieces. Please feel free to comment on those results-Here's my real questions- one of my girls (gd4) read a fifth grade QRI at only 65 wpm but answered all the questions. I gave her another one and asked if she read better in her head-she said yes and then proceeded to read silently at 114 wpm with full comprehension. One of the recent posts suggested kids read more slowly in their heads but this one really zoomed! I'm considering her placement for AIS (intervention services) for next year but after this performance, I don't think she needs daily pull out. Would any of you be confident of her level of reading with these two passages?-she also perform well in small groups with me, but the classroom teacher feels she needs "testing" because her verbal expression is poor. thanks- Michelle NY 4/5 AIS ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ 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.
