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Guided Reading Texts: - ✔️✔️Guided reading books are organized into different levels in order to
provide targeted practice for student reading needs. As a student's reading ability increases, they
move on to the next level of texts. At all reading levels, students should spend time reading both
literary and informative texts.
Books for beginning readers are likely to contain some of the following elements to help students
comprehend the text:
-repetitive text
-predictability
-fewer words per page
-simple syntax
-simple vocabulary
-decodable words
-illustrations
As students' decoding and fluency skills progress, they will need access to a broader range of
texts.
Independent reading level - ✔️✔️a reading level at which a student can read and comprehend
independently.
Instructional reading level - ✔️✔️a reading level that is challenging for the student but manageable
with teacher support.
Frustrational reading level - ✔️✔️a reading level that is difficult for the student and would require
extensive teacher support to ensure student comprehension.
Determining Reading Level: - ✔️✔️1.Teachers need to determine and regularly assess their
students' reading levels for a variety of reasons:
-Guide students to appropriately leveled books for independent reading
-Know what books to use for guided reading instruction
-Monitor reading level progress
2. There are several steps to take to determine a student's reading level:
-Before reading:
There are different ways to decide what level text to begin with when looking to determine a
student's reading level, but many formal reading level assessments begin by asking the student to
read from a word list. Based on the student's accuracy with the word list, the teacher can estimate
the student's reading level and determine what level text to initially use for their oral reading
assessment. If available, teachers can also use data from the student's most recent reading level
assessment to help guide the decision.
Before the student begins reading a passage, briefly discuss their reading with them. This can
broadly focus on their habits and feelings about reading.
-During reading:
,Record miscues, generally using a predetermined system or shorthand
Observe prosody
Time students to calculate WPM
-After reading:
There are a variety of ways to assess comprehension after reading, such as:
Have students retell the story.
Ask questions that can be answered directly from the text. These might include questions like,
"What items do you need to bring on a camping trip?" or "What is the narrator's favorite part of
camping?"
Ask questions that rely on the text, but require the reader to infer information. These might
include a question like, "What parts of camping are not enjoyable for the narrator?"
Starting around a 3rd-grade reading level, students may be asked to write about the book to
demonstrate comprehension.
The reading level assessment system will most likely inclu
Miscue: - ✔️✔️an incorrect guess of a word when reading
Miscue - Pause - ✔️✔️when the reader stops briefly either before or in the middle of a word
Miscue - Repetition - ✔️✔️when the reader repeats a word or group of words in the text
Miscue - Substitution - ✔️✔️when the reader replaces the word in the text with a different word
Miscue - Insertion - ✔️✔️when the reader adds a word or group of words to the text
Clarity of Language - ✔️✔️does not contain ambiguous pronouns, words at too high a vocabulary
level, or slang terms
Running Record - ✔️✔️A reading assessment administered as a student reads aloud and a teacher
listens
Miscue - Self-Correction - ✔️✔️when the reader recognizes and corrects an error
504 Plan - ✔️✔️the accommodations provided to a student who has an impairment that
significantly impacts their life
Individualized Education Program (IEP) - ✔️✔️a plan created by a committee of general and
special educators, parents, specialists, and administrators to provide a free and appropriate public
education (FAPE) that is tailored to their needs and goals.
Miscue - Omission - ✔️✔️when the reader skips over a word or group of words in the text
Decoding - ✔️✔️In reading out loud, being able to sound out words by breaking them into simple
forms. In reading for comprehension, the understanding of how to read each letter or letter
pattern in a word to determine the word's meaning
, Passive Participants - ✔️✔️students who let their minds wander elsewhere
Emergent Reader (Stage of Reading Development) - ✔️✔️when children understand that written
language has meaning and gives messages
Phonetics - ✔️✔️the sounds of human speech
Language Acquisition - ✔️✔️the process by which individuals learn a language
Early Fluent / Fluent / Proficient Reader (Stage of Reading Development) - ✔️✔️readers
recognize many words and can apply phonics and word analysis skills to figure out unfamiliar
words
Automatic Stage - ✔️✔️the final stage of word recognition in which a person decodes fluently and
knows many strategies to identify new words
Phonological Awareness - ✔️✔️the understanding and ability to hear individual words, syllables,
and sounds in spoken language apart from print
Phonology - ✔️✔️the systematic organization of sounds in languages
Morpheme - ✔️✔️A combination of sounds that has meaning in speech or writing and cannot be
divided into smaller grammatical parts. This includes prefixes and suffixes.
Active Participants - ✔️✔️students who pay attention with their whole bodies
Pre-Alphabetic Stage - ✔️✔️a stage of word recognition in which students have no working
knowledge of the alphabetic system and "read" words based on memorizing what they look like
Full-Alphabetic Stage - ✔️✔️a stage of word recognition in which students use their full working
knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode unfamiliar words letter-by-letter
Phoneme - ✔️✔️the smallest individual sounds in a word
Partial-Alphabetic Stage - ✔️✔️a stage of word recognition in which students combine their
limited alphabetic knowledge with context clues to read
Pragmatics - ✔️✔️The study of language in use, not in its structure; or the appropriate use of
language.
Early Reader (Stage of Reading Development) - ✔️✔️Early readers begin understanding that
reading from the printed page needs to make sense - both from the pictures and from the print
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Guided Reading Texts: - ✔️✔️Guided reading books are organized into different levels in order to
provide targeted practice for student reading needs. As a student's reading ability increases, they
move on to the next level of texts. At all reading levels, students should spend time reading both
literary and informative texts.
Books for beginning readers are likely to contain some of the following elements to help students
comprehend the text:
-repetitive text
-predictability
-fewer words per page
-simple syntax
-simple vocabulary
-decodable words
-illustrations
As students' decoding and fluency skills progress, they will need access to a broader range of
texts.
Independent reading level - ✔️✔️a reading level at which a student can read and comprehend
independently.
Instructional reading level - ✔️✔️a reading level that is challenging for the student but manageable
with teacher support.
Frustrational reading level - ✔️✔️a reading level that is difficult for the student and would require
extensive teacher support to ensure student comprehension.
Determining Reading Level: - ✔️✔️1.Teachers need to determine and regularly assess their
students' reading levels for a variety of reasons:
-Guide students to appropriately leveled books for independent reading
-Know what books to use for guided reading instruction
-Monitor reading level progress
2. There are several steps to take to determine a student's reading level:
-Before reading:
There are different ways to decide what level text to begin with when looking to determine a
student's reading level, but many formal reading level assessments begin by asking the student to
read from a word list. Based on the student's accuracy with the word list, the teacher can estimate
the student's reading level and determine what level text to initially use for their oral reading
assessment. If available, teachers can also use data from the student's most recent reading level
assessment to help guide the decision.
Before the student begins reading a passage, briefly discuss their reading with them. This can
broadly focus on their habits and feelings about reading.
-During reading:
,Record miscues, generally using a predetermined system or shorthand
Observe prosody
Time students to calculate WPM
-After reading:
There are a variety of ways to assess comprehension after reading, such as:
Have students retell the story.
Ask questions that can be answered directly from the text. These might include questions like,
"What items do you need to bring on a camping trip?" or "What is the narrator's favorite part of
camping?"
Ask questions that rely on the text, but require the reader to infer information. These might
include a question like, "What parts of camping are not enjoyable for the narrator?"
Starting around a 3rd-grade reading level, students may be asked to write about the book to
demonstrate comprehension.
The reading level assessment system will most likely inclu
Miscue: - ✔️✔️an incorrect guess of a word when reading
Miscue - Pause - ✔️✔️when the reader stops briefly either before or in the middle of a word
Miscue - Repetition - ✔️✔️when the reader repeats a word or group of words in the text
Miscue - Substitution - ✔️✔️when the reader replaces the word in the text with a different word
Miscue - Insertion - ✔️✔️when the reader adds a word or group of words to the text
Clarity of Language - ✔️✔️does not contain ambiguous pronouns, words at too high a vocabulary
level, or slang terms
Running Record - ✔️✔️A reading assessment administered as a student reads aloud and a teacher
listens
Miscue - Self-Correction - ✔️✔️when the reader recognizes and corrects an error
504 Plan - ✔️✔️the accommodations provided to a student who has an impairment that
significantly impacts their life
Individualized Education Program (IEP) - ✔️✔️a plan created by a committee of general and
special educators, parents, specialists, and administrators to provide a free and appropriate public
education (FAPE) that is tailored to their needs and goals.
Miscue - Omission - ✔️✔️when the reader skips over a word or group of words in the text
Decoding - ✔️✔️In reading out loud, being able to sound out words by breaking them into simple
forms. In reading for comprehension, the understanding of how to read each letter or letter
pattern in a word to determine the word's meaning
, Passive Participants - ✔️✔️students who let their minds wander elsewhere
Emergent Reader (Stage of Reading Development) - ✔️✔️when children understand that written
language has meaning and gives messages
Phonetics - ✔️✔️the sounds of human speech
Language Acquisition - ✔️✔️the process by which individuals learn a language
Early Fluent / Fluent / Proficient Reader (Stage of Reading Development) - ✔️✔️readers
recognize many words and can apply phonics and word analysis skills to figure out unfamiliar
words
Automatic Stage - ✔️✔️the final stage of word recognition in which a person decodes fluently and
knows many strategies to identify new words
Phonological Awareness - ✔️✔️the understanding and ability to hear individual words, syllables,
and sounds in spoken language apart from print
Phonology - ✔️✔️the systematic organization of sounds in languages
Morpheme - ✔️✔️A combination of sounds that has meaning in speech or writing and cannot be
divided into smaller grammatical parts. This includes prefixes and suffixes.
Active Participants - ✔️✔️students who pay attention with their whole bodies
Pre-Alphabetic Stage - ✔️✔️a stage of word recognition in which students have no working
knowledge of the alphabetic system and "read" words based on memorizing what they look like
Full-Alphabetic Stage - ✔️✔️a stage of word recognition in which students use their full working
knowledge of letter-sound correspondence to decode unfamiliar words letter-by-letter
Phoneme - ✔️✔️the smallest individual sounds in a word
Partial-Alphabetic Stage - ✔️✔️a stage of word recognition in which students combine their
limited alphabetic knowledge with context clues to read
Pragmatics - ✔️✔️The study of language in use, not in its structure; or the appropriate use of
language.
Early Reader (Stage of Reading Development) - ✔️✔️Early readers begin understanding that
reading from the printed page needs to make sense - both from the pictures and from the print
