QRI 4--Word lists assessment.

Vocab activity: vocab words on cards, each person becomes an expert of one card, they take their card and explain it to someone else, then trade cards and explain the new word to another person.

• Informal Reading Assessment
• Informal = in group setting or individual, discussion, non-stressful, part of the learning process authentic
• taking notes: keeping track of progress, used to guide instruction
• Informal reading inventory= more structured
• group or individual, commercially prepared or teacher prepared.
• Standards of some sort--comparing student scores/performance against standards (how well do they read this first grade book?)
• Interactive nature of reading --informal assessments use all the elements of skilled performance interacting together. (as opposed to just word identification--like seeing if a child can identify a word from a list) check the elements of skilled reading seperately occasionally but focus on interactive assessment.

Reading Levels
Independent: student reads fluently makes few errors in WR or Comp (use this for homework, independent reading)
Instructional: student makes some errors but word recognition/comprehension are adequate (anything you are teaching)
Frustration: student makes excessive number of errors, reading is slow and halting. (never assign this level of text, if a student is motivated to read in frustration level--ok.)

Word Lists
Steps to administer QRI4 on page pg. 35 in handbook too...

1. Start with a word list a year or two behind the grade they are at. (3rd grade level, use 1st to start).
2. Design how you will present the word to the child (Keep your finger under the word so they can read one at a time and you can take notes.)
3. Identified automatically is a word read in one second.---put a c on the block. (c=correct)
4. If they sounded it out or figured it out in longer than one second put the c in "Identified section"
5. If they don't get it at all leave it blank, if they say something wrong write what they said, if they correct that mark an SC (=self correct).
   
6. Total at the end and decide if you move up or down with the list. Also, which passage will I have them read? Start at highest independent level reading.