Reading Assessment
Miscues
Running Records
MishMush
Comprehsnisve Literacy
100
This assessment of early reading is made up of a number of small tasks, including letter identification, concepts about print, writing vocabulary and hearing and recording sounds in words.
What is An Observation Survey?
100
This is what 'M' stands for in MSV
What is meaning?
100
An 'R' on a running record means the student did this when reading.
What is repeat?
100
This oral language strategy, also the name of a book which we looked at, is meant to get students sitting face to face and engaged in meaningful book conversations.
What is Knee to Knee, Eye to Eye?
100
This is the most supportive form of reading in the class, where the teacher may choose to read text which is beyond the reading level of the students. She does this so she can model fluency, reading strategies, new concepts and of course, to increase motivation to read among her students.
What is Read Aloud?
200
This assessment which is often used by teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 3, asks students to read aloud while the teacher does a running record. After the student reads the text, the teacher asks him/her to retell the story, in order to assess the student's comprehension.
What is DRA, the Diagnostic Reading Assessment?
200
This is what 'S' stands for in MSV.
What is structure ?
200
Self corrections are considered to be mistakes. True or false.
What is false?
200
These large format 'posters' are regularly used by teachers to make thinking about a topic or skill visible and concrete. They are often co-constructed with students, have a single focus, are posted to record student thinking. Students are encouraged to consult these 'posters' on an ongoing basis while they hang on the walls of the classroom.
What are anchor charts?
200
This form of reading in the classroom is meant to mimic the 'cuddle up and read' format in the home environment, where both adult and child can see the text. The adult may choose to point of text features, new vocabulary or concepts and the child may choose to 'chime in' at favourite parts.
What is Shared Reading?
300
This assessment is used by teachers of students in grades 4-8. The students read a short fiction or non-fiction selection and answer 8 questions which assess their comprehension.
What is CASI-Comprehension, Attitude,Strategies, Interests assessment?
300
This is what 'V' stands for in MSV.
What is visual?
300
Why a running record is not an opportunity to teach the student .
What is because it is an assessment opportunity.
300
We read an article with Byron Stevenson about Social Studies which encouraged us to take this 'perspective' when teaching Social Studies in our schools.
What is a Critical Literacy Perspective?
300
This element of the reading program finds teachers grouping students according to reading level, interest or skill. The teacher plans for small group instruction, strategically choosing an appropriate text and purposefully planning a reading lesson to meet the needs of the specific group.
What is Guided Reading?
400
This reading assessment can also be used by teachers of students in grades 4-8. Reading passages are printed on folder like cards and include only informational text with titles such as 'Scream Machines' and 'Chill Out!'. The written assessment includes five questions completed before and after reading these interesting, engaging selections.
What is OCA: Ontario Comprehension Assessment, Student Success Kit?
400
A teacher might use this question to help a student focus on Visual Inforamtion when reading.
What is 'Does it look right?'
400
This is how to record an error that the reader makes.
What is record what the error is on top of the actual word.
400
This 'system' created by Marie Clay and later adapted by Fountas and Pinnell allows teachers to match books more easily and accurately with students.
What are leveled texts?
400
This element of the reading program sees students reading 'Just Right' books, meaning books that the student can read with about 97 per cent accuracy or greater.
What is Independent Reading?
500
This province wide assessment of Literacy, is a high stakes test which all grade 10 students write. Students must pass this test as a prerequisite for graduating high school.
What is the OSSLT-Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test?
500
A student says 'big' instead of 'large'. What kind of miscue is this?
What is a 'meaning' miscue?
500
95-100 per cent accuracy in reading is considered to be this.
What is an independent or easy level of reading?
500
This strategy is used to support students in asking higher level questions. It is a matrix which helps students use the 'w' words to form questions-often based on a story which the teacher is reading aloud.
What is the Q or Question chart.
500
This term refers to the concept upon which Comprehensive Literacy is built. It alludes to the structure in which students are given a lot of teacher support and supervision when learning a new new skill, concept or strategy and then are slowly given more responsibility for their learning.
What is the Gradual Release of Responsibility?
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