Hi Mary,
I guess I would ask what information would be gained by doing a warm read. If you have the students preview the passage before hand will you be getting a true glimpse of how they approach text independently? I believe a warm read is appropriate if you are asking students to read aloud text aloud in front of their classmates. I think we educators are under a lot of pressure to prove that kids are making progress. I always try to ask myself" "What is the value in what I am doing? How will it benefit me and the students?" Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Conner-Righter, Mary <mrigh...@pennsvalley.org> To: Mosaic <Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Tue, Oct 11, 2011 12:57 am Subject: [MOSAIC] fluency measures Just a question...We use DIBELS oral reading fluency passages to measure students' reading rate in grades 1 and 2. These readings are considered 'cold' reads because the students do not preview or practice the passage. We also have district assessments which include a fluency/rate passage for grades 1-4. The discussion has come up that perhaps we should do a 'warm' read with these passages to compare to the DIBELS - for grades 1 and 2. I read in the posts that there are many different assessment products being used in schools. Are the fluency measures mostly done as cold or warm reads? I also wonder if the fluency rubrics such as Hasbrouck and Tindel or Shinn have been normed on cold or warm reads. It seems it would be important to assess according to how the rubric was normed. Thank you for any input, Mary _______________________________________________ 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
