Thanks, Michelle! Please do report back. My middle school (gr. 5-8) is considering purchasing it so I am trying to gather as much info. and feedback as I can about it.
Kerry/5th On 9/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My district has purchased the new assessment for our reading intervention > department. We've had trouble with the DRA because the classroom teachers > started using them and the kids would know the books, also the > upper grade > classroom teachers were given the QRI-4 which is what some of us > reading teachers > were using. Last week we had to screen 28 second graders. The assessment > is > quick and easy, although we did not use the writing portion yet. If > anyone has > had Reading Recovery training it will seem very familiar. Introduce the > text, > do the running record, then have a "conversation" about the text. Unlike > the > DRA, prompts don't count against the child. The book is also left in > front of > the child to see if they go back in the text, etc. Then the evaluator > does a > miscue analysis and fluency evalulation. I want to see what it's like > with > my 5th graders and will report back later, but so far we like > the assessment. > Michelle, AIS NY-2-5 > > > > ************************************** See what's new 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
