Absolutely. My experience is with the DRA with 6th graders. I liked the literature they had the kids read. I also liked the way they had both narrative and expositive. I often used both initially. I found the narrative reading levels two years lower than the expositive...but that's another topic.
I usually found if I cheated and did the questions orally and made notes as to the kids answers, they often scored very high. When asked to do the same thing in writing, the kids; scored plummeted. I have found when the kids haven't been taught good writing strategies, even if they are voracious readers, their writing suffers. In my mind, if I have to rely on a written response to determine reading comprehension, then it's a writing test. The skills are absolutely related, but are not necessarily identical, and the difference grows especially as the students go up the grade levels. Kim Kimberlee Hannan Department Chair Sequoia Middle School resno, California 93702 Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, let go of what you can't change, kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances, give everything, have no regrets.. Life's too short to be anything but happy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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.
