Assessing+Reading

=  __ ASSESSING READING __       In order for teachers to gauge the level their students reading ability, running records can be used. Running records creates a record of a child's reading of a piece of text. As the child reads the text, the teacher follows along on a separate copy of the text which they mark with various notations that correspond to the child's reading of the text.  Notations are used in running records when the reader: reads the word correctly, omitts a word, inserts a word, self-corrects a word initially read wrong, when the reader needs to sound out a word, if they repeat a word or phrase, if they appeal for help or recieve help with a word or if the read substitutes the word for another. This information is used to analyse the readers level of reading and the issues that the particular reader may have i.e. commonly skipping words. The results can be used to create a score of the readers accuracy which will indicate whether the reader is reading books at a ability appropriate level. How to fill out a running record:   =