Acadience Reading:
The BASICS
The BASICS
How long does the student have to complete each measure?
one minute
True or False: Letter Naming Fluency measures a basic early literacy skill.
False....it is an indicator of potential reading difficulties. This is one of the measures of which there is no progress monitoring for.
This measure uses nonsense words and not real words. Why do you think that is?
Decoding and Blending is the single most prominate predictor in early literacy skills for future reading success. To successfully complete Nonsense Word Fluency, the student must apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondent to blend sounds and decode unfamiliar words.
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency measures phonemic awareness. What is phonemic awareness?
The understanding that spoken words are made up of sequences of individual speech sounds or phonemes.
How many passages do students typically read when administering the Oral Reading Fluency measure?
3 passages
Translate...BoY, MoY, EoY Benchmarks
What is Beginning of Year, Middle of Year and End of Year Benchmarks
What basic early literacy skill does First Sound Fluency measure?
Phonemic awareness
What are two scores the student receives in this measure?
Correct Letter Sounds and Whole Words Read
True or False: The student has a sheet in front of them during this measure.
Explain your answer.
False: Since this measures phonemic awareness, the student does not have any print in front of them. This is an auditory assessment.
Which early basic literacy skills does Oral Reading Fluency measure?
Accuracy and Fluency of connected text, Phonics, Comprehension
Words Correct-> Fluency
Accuracy-->Higher Order Phonics/ Advance Phonics
Retell--> Comprehension
What is a benchmark goal?
A benchmark goal is the lowest level of performance on a measure that predicts reaching the next goal, "lowest okay"
The word is pine and the student says the first sound is "pie".
Does the student get any points?
If so, how many points does the student get?
Why?
The student gets 1 correct point because the student said the consonant plus vowel.
True or False: In the first row, the student begins to only tell you the sounds in words but does not recode (WWR); so, I can tell the student to recode.
True. If the student says all letter sounds correctly in first row, but does not make any attempt to recode, I can say "Try to read the words as whole words".
If the student tries to recode one word in the first or second row and then stops recoding altogether, I cannot give any more reminders.
The word is hole. The student says /h/ /l/. How do you mark the tablet for scoring?
How many points does the child receive?
Tap/put a line under the "h", skip/no tap the "oa" sound; and tap/put a line under the "l" sound.
Score: 2 CLS
True or False: After 3 seconds of waiting, if a student does not read a word, give it to them, do not mark anything on the scoring tablet and count it as an error.
Explain your answer.
False: After 3 seconds of waiting, if a student does not know a word, give it to them, tap under the word as an error; it will be counted as an error.
What is a Reading Composite Score?
The reading composite score represents a combination of multiple Acadience Reading scores and provides the best overall estimate of students' early literacy skills and/or reading proficiency.
During First Sound Fluency, the student says the name of the letter and not the sound. What do you do?
The student gets 0 points for now... so the assessor taps the letter. The assessor can give the following reminder rule only one time: "Remember to tell me the first sound in the word, not the letter name." The assessor immediately says the next word.
The word is wul. The student says: w i l...wul.
How would you mark wul for scoring?
How many points would the student receive? Explain.
There would be a line/tap under w, a tap on the 'i', a line/tap under 'l'. A long line under the word and then possibly future notes on the s/c of the 'i'.
The student would receive 3 CLS and 0 WWR. The student self corrected the middle vowel so gets that CLS point. The student gets 0 WWR because the student did not read the word without sounding it out.
Student X is a 1st year ELL.
The words are:
flag star
Student says:
/f/ /w/ /a/ /g/ /st/ /a/ /r/
How many points does the student receive? Why?
7 points
The student will receive the full 4 points for flag because students are not penalized for articulation or dialect differences.
The student will receive 3 points for star because the student did not isolate the blend.
The passage says: I love to eat pasta with sauce.
The student says: I l--u--v to eat pizza...I mean pasta with sauces.
How would you mark the scoring booklet? Explain.
I - draw line/tap under
love-draw line/tap under "l", "o_e", "v" (did not recode)
to- draw line/tap under
eat- draw line/tap under
pizza- tap on pizza, then draw line/tap under pizza ...possible s/c in future notes
with- draw line/tap under
sauces-draw line/tap under ...possible to make future notes for (added an extra letter)
What are the five basic early literacy skills?
phonemic awareness,
alphabetic principle and phonics,
accuracy and fluency with connected text, comprehension,
vocabulary and oral development
When do you discontinue assessing in Letter Naming Fluency and First Sound Fluency?
In Letter Naming Fluency, you discontinue assessing if the student does not name any correct letters in the first line. In First Sound Fluency, you discontinue assessing if the student does not get any correct initial sounds in the first five words.
The words are the following:
kif uc seb
The student says:
"kif...kif" "uct" "seab...I mean seb"
How would you mark for scoring? How many CLS and WWR points will the student receive for each word?
kif- two lines under the word, the student will receive 3 CLS 0 WWR
uc- a line under/tap under the letters 'uc', the student will receive 2 CLS 0 WWR...possible side notes for additional sounds
seb- a line under/tap under 's', tap on 'e', a line under/tap under b; then a line under the word, the student will receive 3 CLS 0 WWR ...possible side notes for s/c on the vowel
Total points: 8CLS 0WWR
The words are:
fox toes trip sheep
The student says:
/f/ /oks/ /t/ /oes/ /tr/ /ip/ /sh/ /eep/
How many total points could the student receive? How many points will the student receive for each word? What are some patterns that you are noticing about the student's phonemic awareness?
Correct response: 14 total points
/f/ /o/ /k/ /s/ /t/ /oa/ /z/ /t/ /r/ /i/ /p /
/sh/ /ea//p/
Student response: 8 points
fox- 2 points
toes- 2 points
trip- 2 points
sheep- 2 points
Pattern: the student is segmenting based on onset rime and is not isolating all sounds
Passage: It is healthy to exercise. Exercise should be a part of your life. You can play sports, run on the street or dance to a video.
Student retell response: This book is about how you should make exercise a part of your life. healthy. Play sports. I love to dance!
What is the retell total? Explain.
17 words
We do not count "I love to dance!"