Our county developed some caps for each grade level...let me see if i can access it from home, and i'll put a copy out there for you. On May 18, 2007, at 9:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Bravo! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Fri, 18 May 2007 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] DRA, accuracy, comprehension and fluency to > arrive at a reading level.... > > I am wondering if part of the issue here is the drive to test a > child until > he or she drops! Here in our district we have been encouraged to > do just > this, resulting in a drive to higher and higher levels. I am > encouraging us > to consider setting some grade level benchmarks and STOPPING > assessment with > any child who tests one year above grade level. I had a discussion > with a > teacher just recently who had a 3rd grade student who did not do > well on > oral fluency with a level 70 (although by no means word for word > reading) > but scored 99% accuracy and 23 pts for comprehension. I don't > think the > child failed the test, but it is my opinion that there is not much > point to > pushing a 8 year old to this level because most of the reading at this > level, at least fiction-wise, is simply not developmentally > appropriate for > him. He wants to read Dr. Suess, adores picture books and loves > informational text. Let's celebrate our talented reader without > robbing > them of the world of literature at their fingertips. Perhaps my > passion > here is colored by my experience as a gifted reader. I was pushed > hard, > reading classics at 11 and when my youngest sister started brining > home > books like Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and I started reading > them on > the sly as a teenager, I felt gypped. Celebrate success, support our > strugglers and somehow, honor childhood along the way. > > Lori > > > On 5/18/07 5:40 AM, "kandrews-babcock" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> With the DRA2, the accuracy rate has moved up to 95%. The fluency >> piece is >> really important as well. If a student does not pass the fluency >> they should >> not read the story, you need to "stop and drop" them. I had issues >> with this >> myself when testing a child and went ahead and had them do the entire >> test...to find that their oral reading score was in the >> instructional range >> and the comprehension was low as well. I think it offers us a lot of >> information about what we need to do to instruct that child. A lot of >> fluency 'teaching' has not been stressed as much because of the >> much needed >> strategy work being done. But let's face it as Tim Rasinski says, "If >> students are putting so much energy into trying to read the words >> - there's >> no energy left for comprehension." >> So I would not pass the child at that level - that becomes their >> instructional level and they are independent at the next lower level >> (assuming they have been tested at that level already.) We are really >> following it by the book and it has increased the instruction in >> fluency in >> our building. >> Kelly AB >> >> >> On 5/17/07 5:12 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> A question for all of you who use the DRA as part of your assessment >>> practices. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ >> mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. >> > > -- > Lori Jackson > District Literacy Coach & Mentor > Todd County School District > Box 87 > Mission SD 57555 > > http:www.tcsdk12.org > ph. 605.856.2211 > > > Literacies for All Summer Institute > "Literate Lives: A Human Right" > July 12-15, 2007 > Louisville, Kentucky > > http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's > free from AOL at AOL.com. > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
