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Re: Reading assassments
Posted by Steph/4/TX on 7/18/08
Thanks! So, are the books you are talking about fluency
assessments? I have a ton of those, but hadn't thought about
doing those first to help me gage where to start with the leveled
books. And yes, you are right. A-Z has their own leveling system,
but they also have a correlation chart that shows how each of
their levels equates to grade level, lexile, DRA, and F&P.
On 7/18/08, JJ wrote:
> I have a very easy book of running records called "3 Minute
> Reading Assessments" by Timothy Rasinski. For my fourth
> graders, I had the 1-4 book and the 5-8 book just because I
> do tend to have some readers that read 5-8 levels.
>
> It's based on national standards, so your reading standards
> may differ (our district has very HIGH standards, so kids
> who meet the standard in this book are often considered low
> according to our district. But, seeing how they do in this
> books DOES make me feel better.)
>
> In fact, the boy I am tutoring is low in our school, and
> according to the Rasinsnki book should be reading 80-130
> words in the fall. He read at 90, and it boosted his
> confidence to know he was in the middle. While this is
> totally within the norm, at our school he is very low... it
> all depends on where you are!
>
> This will be much easier than using the reading a-z. For
> those you will have to hunt and peck with various books
> until you find the right one (like the DRA.) If you get this
> book, at least you can give the fall fourth grade test and
> see if they pass or not. If they are lower, you can use the
> third grade benchmark tests from a-z, and if they are
> higher, go up. It will be a good starting off point. Also,
> I think A-Z runs differently than fountas and pinnells guided
> reading, so double check the letter correlations per grade.
>
>
> On 7/16/08, Steph/4/TX wrote:
>> I know that if most of my 4th graders come in reading below
>> grade level, I need to start the year with a 4 blocks format
>> and work into the big blocks format. My question is, what is
>> the best assessment (or combination of assessments) for
>> getting reading levels on the kids? I have the STAR
>> assessment on my computers at school, but that is all I
>> have. As of right now, I was planning on using a combination
>> of that plus the reading a-z benchmark books and fluency
>> assessments to decide if they are on grade level or not. But
>> doing all of those running records will be extremely time
>> consuming! If you have any other suggestion, I would really
>> appreciate hearing them!!
>>
>> TIA,
>> Steph :)
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Reading assassments, 7/16/08, by Steph/4/TX.
- Re: Reading assassments, 7/18/08, by JJ.
- Re: Reading assassments, 7/18/08, by Steph/4/TX.
- Re: Reading assessments: Quick leveling tool, 7/25/08, by Good Luck.
- Re: Reading assessments: Quick leveling tool, 7/25/08, by Good Luck.
- Re: trouble opening link, 7/29/08, by mhugs.
- Re: trouble opening link, 7/29/08, by Steph/4/TX.
- Re: Reading assessments: Quick leveling tool, 7/29/08, by Steph/4/TX.
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