As for the DRA, we have found that there are LOTS of gray areas. Also, the assessment can take quite awhile to administer. We do the test 3 times a year and I have 40+ students. I feel like I lose a good bit of instructional time on, once again, assessing. However, I would be open to another option if anyone has one...
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:27 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with the Fountas and Pinnell assessment kits. A committee here in > my > district looked at them over the summer. Not only do they have both a > fiction and nonfiction passage for each guided reading level, there are > many other > assessment options included besides the running record passages.(Like > phonemic awareness, sight words, etc.) > I particularly like how the comprehension is scored. There are not > traditional comprehension questions...instead you use a rubric to judge > understanding > based on a conversation you have with the student about what they have > read. > There are some prompts to get you going. I also like that in the higher > levels there are prompts to get at the child's understanding of author's > choices > and author's craft...these kits definitely move beyond the lower level > regurgitation of the text type assessment. > I guess you can tell we really like these kits. > Jennifer > In a message dated 10/20/2008 7:42:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I live in the middle east and teach in Kuwait at an american school. We > have > a reading resource teacher for each grade 2-5 and two resource teachers > for > grade 1. We have been looking to get one reading assessment for all of the > resource teachers. > We are focusing on the Riby benchmark or the DRA primary and intermediate > kits. Does anyone have any input to help us make a decision. > Thanks > Kahty > > > > > **************BUY Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD > today! > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1209326865x1200539441/aol?redir=http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html > ) > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- Elisa M. Kifer Third Grade Literacy Teacher Fox Meadow Elementary "Love of reading and writing is not taught, it is created. Love of reading and writing is not required, it is inspired. Love of reading and writing is not demanded, it is exemplified. Love of reading and writing, is not exacted, it is quickened. Love of reading and writing is not solicited, it is activated." -Russell Stauffer, 1980 _______________________________________________ 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.
