The new 5th edition of this book features what changes in the primary passages?
What are more passages at the primary level?
100
WORDS THEIR WAY uses an assessment that looks like this.
What is a spelling test?
100
This is the most traditional way comprehension is assessed.
What is a question.
100
The reason the 6 traits became popular was this problem with the former model of writing assessment.
What is little discussion with the problems in students' writing?
100
After listening to a student read, what should you first think about as you analyze the reading?
What is this tiger's strength?
200
Name the differences in the 3rd/4th grade reading passages compared to the 5th/6th grade passages.
What is biographies. Biographies are also included with the narrative and expository passages.
200
WORDS THEIR WAY provides this number of separate assessments for various grade levels and special learners?
What is five separate assessments.
Primary, Elementary, Middle/High School, ESL, and Struggling Readers
200
This is the strongest influence of comprehension.
What is prior knowledge?
200
In the 6 + 1 traits, this trait address grammar problems.
What are conventions?
200
Right after you listen to a student read, this is the first thing you should say to the student.
What is a positive point to discuss about the tiger's reading?
300
Before you administer the QRI-5, it is a good idea to this assessment(s).
What are informal assessments.
300
This stage of reading begins from very age 1 (or before) through the early primary grades.
What is emergent literacy.
300
One way of assessing comprehension is categorizing questions, most commonly seen in ________.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy
300
Name one of the three benefits of using the 6 Traits Writing assessment.
What is a common language to discuss language?
What is self-editing?
Who are stronger writers?
300
When a class is engaged in Sustained Silent Reading, what should the teacher be doing?
What is grading papers? JUST KIDDING! What is reading silently along with the class?
400
After a student has been assessed with a word list and before a student begins reading a comprehension passage, this kind of assessment takes place.
What is prior knowledge assessment?
400
When a student spells shouted as "showtd" this tiger will receive credit for the following: digraphs, inflected vowels and inflected endings.
What is a digraph?
400
These questions have factual answers, but they cannot be located in the selection. Instead the reader must make logical connections among the facts.
What is an inferential question?
400
Try to avoid using "but," and "however when you reply to a student's writing. Instead you should use one of these two words.
What is "now" and "and."
400
If you don't have time to assess your whole class with Running Records, these are the students you should consider assessing via Running Records.
Who are the bottom five?
Who is a troubling student that you can't figure out why this tiger isn't improving?
500
After the student reads the passage, the teacher does this with the coded passage.
What is miscue analysis?
500
If a student is asked to use a given word (such as cart) and then asked to add, drop or change one or two letters at a time to create a new word, we can assume this tiger is at what level.
What is within-a-word pattern stage.
500
The Minnesota Comprehension Assessment II (MCA II) uses these kinds of questions to determine understanding of a text.
What is Bloom's Taxonomy?
500
The beginning of the 6 Traits was created by this person.
Who is Ruth Cullahan?
500
We can do many assessments and interventions, but what does Joanie think is especially important to remember when working with struggling readers?
What is locating books that helps them develop a passion for reading!