How can I locate these assessments? thanks:) On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:56 PM, kelley dean <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- 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.
