Administration
This is the first thing you should do when administering a running record to a student.
What is record student information?
This is the way to record a substitution.
What is write the substituted word above the word?
This is the number of errors when a student reads "did not" in place of "didn't"
What is 1 error?
Contractions only count as one error!
This is the accuracy percentage needed to be instructional for levels A-K.
What is 90-94%?
After reading a fiction G story that was independent, this is what you should use next.
What is a non-fiction H story?
This is the way to code an insertion.
What is write the word using a caret?
When a student reads "speckles|spices|specials" in place of "species", this is the number of errors.
What is 1 error?
multiple attempts of the same word only count as 1 error
This is the accuracy level needed to be instructional for levels L-Z.
What is 95-97%?
T or F- when a student gets stuck during the comprehension conversation, you should remind them to go back to the text.
What is false?
This is the proper code for a student's self correction.
What is SC?
This is the number of errors for given for repeated words.
0 errors
T or F- It does not matter what the comprehension score is if the student is reading with 100% accuracy.
What is FALSE?
Comprehension plays a HUGE part in each student's instructional level.
Do NOT ask leading questions during the comprehension conversation.
Remember to use the reading level chart for accuracy + comprehension when making decisions about a student's instructional level.
This is when you can stop testing a student.
What is when you find their instructional level?
When a student skips a word, this is how it should be coded on the running record.
What is a dash above the word?
When a student can't read a proper noun, you should do this
Only count it as an error once
proper nouns only count as one error
T or F- A student must be reading a full year above in order to be marked 'above' grade level on the report card.
What is true?
Students must be reading a FULL year ahead in order to be considered above grade level.
When having a comprehension conversation with the student, these are the two things teachers should be doing.
What is using the prompts and RECORDING student answers?
A|Y|T
What is an appeal, "you try", told?
What is code each omission as one error?
After reading the text, this would be a teaching point for that student.
Name 3 common running record mistakes.
What is...
NOT coding during the running record
NOT recording comprehension answers
Leading students to answers during the comprehension conversation
Counting SC or repetition as errors
Placing a student on a frustrational level because the previous level was independent
Only testing a student using fiction (or nonfiction) because that is what they are good at
Disregarding comprehension scores when determining a reading level