The two main areas of reading performance assessed by an IRI.
What are word recognition and comprehension?
100
Information obtained by administering word lists (beyond knowing where to begin administering passages).
What is mastery of sight word recognition and/or phonics knowledge/word analysis skills?
100
If a child reads "want" instead of "wanted", this would be considered this kind of miscue.
What is a substitution?
100
A type of reading strategy that a student can go on to use independently.
What is a metacognitive strategy?
100
The term that encompasses aspects of fluency such as phrasing, intonation, expression, volume, etc.
What is prosody?
200
These are typically used to determine which passage to begin with when assessing a student.
What are word lists?
200
When assigning an overall level to passages, you should assign this level when word recognition and comprehension levels do not match.
What is the lower level?
200
When coaching a student, you might encourage him/her to ask this question to prompt the use of syntax when word solving.
What is "does it sound right?"
200
An assessment that allows you to determine a student's developmental spelling stage by analyzing features of his/her spelling.
What is a spelling inventory?
200
The PPVT tests this.
What is the receptive (hearing) vocabulary level of children and adults?
300
The highest level at which a student can read without support.
What is independent reading level?
300
Highest level at which child could benefit from instructional support.
What is instructional level?
300
This behavior does not count as a miscue, but should be noted.
What is any of these:
self-correction
repetition
reversal
pronunciation error
300
A child who skips a word entirely when reading has committed this kind of miscue.
What is an omission?
300
An example of materials that can be used to obtain background information on a child.
What is any of these:
Parent Interview
All About Me
Interest Survey
Attitude Survey
School Information Form/ Past Records
400
The level at which you should typically begin administering word lists for any given student.
What is two grade levels below the student's current grade level?
400
The lowest reading level at which child likely to be frustrated, even with support.
What is frustration level?
400
A student that consistently substitutes words that resemble the actual word in the text in terms of letters and sounds is using this cueing system.
What is the graphophonic or visual cueing system?
400
The part of a lesson where you introduce the focal strategy, explain what it is, why it's important, how and when it's used, etc.
What is task-process explanation?
400
The PPVT scores are reported in a variety of ways. These are two of the more useful types of PPVT score reports.
What are:
Age-Equivalent
Grade-Equivalent
500
The level at which a student has the highest potential for comprehending material presented orally.
What is the listening or language level?
500
The point (level) at which you should also administer silent passages.
What is 2nd grade and above?
500
A student who consistently replaces words in the text with other words that retain the author's intended meaning, is demonstrating use of this cueing system.
What is the semantic cueing system?
500
The components of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model (Scaffolding Spectrum).
What is
Modeling
Guided Practice/Coaching
Independent Practice?