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General vocabulary
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Prosody: intonation and phrasing
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Fluency: prosody + meaning and/or enjoyment
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Reader’s theatre: turning a book into a script to
work on intonation and emotion
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DRTA: During Reading Think-Aloud
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Graphic organizer: helps children organize
thoughts during reading
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Character map: like a graphic organizer about a
particular character
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Lit Circle: discuss a book they have chosen to
read with others who are reading the same book
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DEAR: Drop Everything and Read
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Book talk: teacher “advertises” book by reading
a few pages or describing general plot
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Writer’s Conference: Focus on one area of writing
improvement with an individual child
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RAFT: Role, Audience, Format, Topic (to
structure writing)
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Assessment
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Accelerated Reader: progress by comprehension
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Aimsweb: Online, monitors progress
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DIEBELS: Number of words/ minute for fluency and
speed
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QRI: Qualitative Reading Inventory (includes
WRI, spelling, reading out loud while you mark the passage, and comprehension
questions for the passage)
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WRI: Words Recognized in Isolation, best measure
of reading level
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WRC: Words Recognized in Context
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Key for read aloud:
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~~~~= repeated/ reread
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^= insertion/ substitution
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/= misspoke
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O= omitted
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√= self correction
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Be sure to keep time for read-aloud
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Always start at pre-primer (PP) level
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DRA: Developmental Reading Assessment (also:
DSA, DSPA)
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Spelling
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2 points for correct spelling, 1 point if the
identified feature is correct
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Stage score: 0-25 for each list (per spelling
stage)
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Feature score: 0-5 for each spelling feature
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WRC
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Comprehension
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Fluency
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Spelling
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Independent Level
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98-100
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90
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3
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Above grade level
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Instructional level
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90-97
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75-89
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2
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Grade level
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Frustration level
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<90
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<75
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1
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Below grade level
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Grouping by readiness level
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Better to group low when there are doubts
(easier to move them up than down)
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12-20 out of 25 correct is ideal for them to be working
with that spelling list
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3-4 groups depending on class
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Reading levels: Emergent, Letter Name, Within
Word Pattern, Syllables and Affixes, Derivational Relations
- Extra Resources:
2. Glossary
3. 'Words Their Way' textbook
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