Week 5 Assignment 3

You can view my running record here.

Chaya seems to be reading at a great level. During the running record assessment, she got stuck only a few times. This proves that she is reading well and might just need a little more practice to improve on fluency on this level before advancing to an upper level. Her accuracy rate was_97%__ and error rate was_1:40____! Good for her!

When it came to comprehension, Chaya did amazingly as well. She was able to recall most of the details of the story and even remembered a few of the differences between whales and fish. She was quite excited about the book, since she absolutely loves all kinds of fish! 😊

In the case of Chaya, since her comprehension was great, it seems that with just a little more practice to work on her fluency, she may very well be ready to continue to higher level books. Books with harder words and a little more complicated text. I would do one last lesson on this level before preceding to the next level.

In my next lesson with Chaya, I will work on standard RL.1.10

Lesson Objective: Chaya will demonstrate fluency and comprehension skills:

I would first start with fluency cards.

Fluency cards are little strips with fluency sentences, it allows students to practice reading decodable and non-decodable words with fluency. Examples of phrases are; this is a good day, by the water, more than the other, what did he say, it seemed to good, it’s hard to open etc.

These sentences are light, and the child gets to practice reading with fluency. It also will give her a good feeling to start the lesson and know her work. It will help her for the rest of the lesson.

Next, I would introduce the new book we will be reading together.

Provide student with copy of selected title.

Set the purpose:  Let her know that today we will be reading the selection through a combination of Lead Reading, independent reading, and Whisper Reading.

I would start the book, and model fluent reading. I would then ask Chaya to take over and continue reading out loud. I will ask questions throughout the story to check that Chaya is following and grasping the materials being read. Lastly, she would finish off the book quietly to herself.

During whisper reading, I give Chaya a telephone to talk into, to help her envision that somebody is listening.

Discuss the story by asking questions to ensure that she has understood. A worksheet with questions on the story is a fantastic way of finding out whether she has comprehended.

Before finishing the lesson, I will give Chaya a timer. We will predetermine how long it should take her to read x amount of pages. She will be able to practice twice before I listen to her. She will pass if;

1. the WCPM score meets or exceeds the predetermined goal;
2. three or fewer errors are made;
3. she reads the passage with correct phrasing and attention to punctuation; and,
4. she can correctly answer a few comprehension questions.

We record her WCPM on a chart that we keep updating.

I assign Chaya with homework- a short story to read with her mom. I encourage her to time herself to see if she can get to a better rate then the one in class.

Before leaving the lesson, I hand Chaya a small index card which I call an exit card. I encourage her to write down one thing she learned during this lesson.