I would do the CORE phonics assessment. You should assess her decoding words in isolation along with decoding nonsense words. Is there dyslexia in the family? I would explore dyslexia as a possibility.
-- Sunshine Barker Reading Teacher Hoffmann Lane Elementary On 4/9/12 1:37 PM, "Megan Dorsay" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I was asked to test a 2nd grader who has been in our District since > Kindergarten. Her Benchmarking scores (MAP and Aimsweb) red-flagged her for > Intervention. The teacher agreed. Fluency and comprehension are low but she is > wildly inconsistent day to day. > She is getting the Horizons Intervention program 4x/week plus an extra dose of > guided reading one-on-one 4x/week. She is not making appropriate progress > according to progress monitoring and the running records, and oral and visual > assessments of the teachers. She is totally inconsistent in her knowledge. One > day, she reads well and answers questions. The next day, she cannot remember > the "silent e" rule or the "When two vowels go walking..." or she will have > trouble recognizing rhyming words, even when they are placed in a row in front > of her. > The teacher and Interventionist are stumped. (Me too!) > Does anyone have any thoughts on strategies we could use or any professional > books I could buy that would give us strategies to help her simple recall? > Also, any information on processing issues would be so helpful as well. I > don't have a huge background in that area. > Thank you!! > Megan Dorsay > District Reading Specialist > Skokie District 73.5 > 8000 E. Prairie Rd. > Skokie, IL 60076 > McCracken Middle School > 847-676-8204 > Middleton Elementary > 847-676-8035 > [email protected] > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sally > Thomas [[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:30 PM > To: mosaic listserve > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] School wide reading. > > I HIGHLY recommend the book Day to Day Assessment in the reading > Workshop; Making informed Instructional Decision in Grades 3 - 6. By > Sibberson and Szymusiak. Honestly I taught a reading workshop classroom for > years grades 5 - 6. Much of my doctoral research had to do with intrinsic > motivation and also assessment (the good kind ) as integral to intrinsic > motivation. This book is absolutely excellent in describinb the thinking > and classroom practices that least to highly engaged and effective reading - > the independent reading so critical along with some of the other balanced > literacy needed - to complete the whole!!! Please please please check it > out. It works for primary and middle school, probably hgih school if you > have the flexible mindset that can see the underlying assumptions of the > practices and figure out how to make them work at the different levels. > > Sally thomas > > > On 4/8/12 4:42 PM, "Jennifer Olimpieri" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. I work in a k-5 school as a reading consultant. We currently have a >> monthly calendar that kids turn in to get a small prize. At the end of the >> year the get recognized, so on and so forth. However, the program is old and >> not very enticing. The younger ones are usually the ones turning in their >> calendars but mostly it is ineffective anymore. I would like to revitalize a >> school wide reading program. Does anyone have fresh and exciting ideas that >> is >> easily recordable but effective? I would live to hear ideas out there. >> Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > Skokie School District 73 1/2 > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the > confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. 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