Wow. Thank you, Cathy! Exactly the kind of info I've been searching for! thanks so much! kelley
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am a K-1 Title I reading teacher. I use The Stieglitz Assessment of > Phonemic Awareness (part of the Stieglitz Reading Inventory) for > pinpointing phonological/phonemic issues. It helps me find where in the > instructional continuum individual students need instruction. My most > successful intervention is with the Marilyn Adams, Phonemic Awareness in > Young Children. For kids with persistent challenges with PA, I then turn to > the Phonological Awareness Test from Linguisystems. It can be regiven every > 3 months to show RTI. All of this may not sound really warm and fuzzy but, > in my experience, there are some kids that may need more intense instruction > in PA than daily exposure in a whole group setting. In the community I work > in, sometimes as many as 1/4 to 1/3 of the kindergarteners in intervention > have needed and have benefitted from this approach. These students have > made awesome gains. Some people, inspite of rich language exposure, are > really unable to "hold" a string of phonemes, in their heads while they > decode a word. This intervention has always worked for my students, so far. > > Cathy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kelley dean <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group < > [email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Jan 13, 2010 10:53 am > Subject: [MOSAIC] Kdgn diagnostic assessment > > > First, thanks for all the comments and teaching strategies. My problem is > his: as a reading specialist, I am aware of many diagnostic assessments for > rades 3+ (ekwall shanker, flint cooter, etc) that are helpful for > inding patterns in reading problems and sheding light on a student's real > ssue so I can fine tune my teaching to meet his needs. > his problem of rhyming and phonological issue in kdgn, is unlike anything > 've seen before in my 25 years. Obviously, I've stressed rhyming games and > iterature, open response, etc. I just want an assessment that that offers > nformation similar to the above assessments for upper grades. Yes, I am > ware of Marie Clay (big fan, in fact) DRA, etc. I just want to offer some > xplicit instruction in a sequencial fashion, based on a diagnostic > ssessment. please help > - > elley Dean > ______________________________________________ > osaic mailing list > [email protected] > o unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > ttp://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. > > -- Kelley Dean _______________________________________________ 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.
