Martha -
The switch is made at level 18 for the text to be read silently first, then the retelling for comprehension assessment, and then read a few pages out loud. What we were finding was that students who had the opportunity to read out loud before the retelling, actually had better comprehension than those who retold only after silent reading. We are just about to launch into DRA2 (having never had the first version as 'district wide') so I was curious about your comment, Martha, regarding the retellings after oral reading indicating stronger comp. than retellings after silent reading. On the new DRA2, for levels 4-16, students begin with reading the entire text orally, after which they provide a retelling with the book closed.? At levels 18-24, the students also begin with reading orally, but only the first portion of the text.? The student then makes a prediction (orally) and finishes reading the text silently.? Once the silent reading is done, the student provides an oral retelling, again with the book closed, and again prompted? with "Start at the beginning and tell me what happened in this story."? So in both cases, retellings are done after oral reading of all or a portion of the text. I guess what I'm wondering is, because the initial reading of the text is done orally, will this make a difference in the retelling/comp. portion of the assessment. It will be interesting to hear from folks who have been using the DRA2. Just wondering.... (another!) Martha -----Original Message----- From: Martha Shehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:17 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension when Oral Reading vs. Silent Reading - DRA ________________________________________________________________________ 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.
