On Jul 14, 2007, at 8:42 AM, RASINSKI, TIMOTHY wrote: > > Renee -- in your note below you say: > > " If a student cannot reasonably discuss what he/she read, > then I would have him/her read to me to see what I could find out." > > > When you have your student read to you, isn't this using oral > reading to > assess silent reading performance?
Uh..... no....... I would be using oral reading to get some clues about where the child is having trouble reading, in general. But this is different from the original discussion, too, which as I recall said that a child who reads poorly orally probably reads poorly silently and that we can assess a student's silent reading ability and proficiency by listening to him or her read orally. I don't agree with that, for reasons which have come up in this discussion. Plus, I have to take issue with the term "silent reading performance" because I don't consider silent reading to be a "performance" .... but that's just me. Renee _______________________________________________ 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.
