SUBDOMAIN 602.9 - TEACHING METHODS LITERACY & ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS & HANDWRITING Competency 602.9.6 - Literacy Assessment: The graduate selects, creates, and administers developmentally appropriate assessments and interprets results to plan or modify instruction. Introduction: Teachers are always challenged with knowing the skill level of their students in all academic areas. Because reading is such a developmental skill, it is especially important to know how to quickly and accurately assess a students reading skills. This task will help you determine what level of books students should engage in when reading for pleasure or for instruction. When reading for pleasure, students should typically access books that are at their independent reading level; however, during instructional time, students should choose curriculum that offers an appropriate level of skill challenge and should find materials that are at their instructional level. You should avoid providing any reading experiences that are at a students frustration level so that lifelong reading pursuits are not discouraged. An informal reading inventory (IRI) is the most common form of assessment used to determine a students reading level. In this task you will be assessing students independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels. Once the students reading levels are determined, you will also learn to identify the reading level of various text passages so that you can guide students to the appropriate level of reading material. Task: A. arrange to assess two students reading skills using one of the attached informal reading inventories at the appropriate level for each student. Note: If possible, observe your PCE teachers as they administer reading assessments before you administer them. If possible, practice administering the reading assessments in this task with a child or another adult before administering them in the classroom setting so you get a sense of how to record miscues, how much time you will need to plan, and so on. 1. Administer the attached word lists to determine each of the two students starting points. a. Submit the attached word lists, using correct marking conventions to record reading behaviors. Note: Refer to the Gunning textbook to review correct marking conventions. Administer the attached informal reading inventory passages to determine each of the two students independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels. Make certain you use reading symbols to note reading errors. B. Complete a separate reading assessment for each of the two students you assessed by doing the following: 1. Explain how you determined each students independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels.

SUBDOMAIN 602.9 - TEACHING METHODS LITERACY & ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS & HANDWRITING Competency 602.9.6 - Literacy Assessment: The graduate selects, creates, and administers developmentally appropriate assessments and interprets results to plan or modify instruction. Introduction: Teachers are always challenged with knowing the skill level of their students in all academic areas. Because reading is such a developmental skill, it is especially important to know how to quickly and accurately assess a students reading skills. This task will help you determine what level of books students should engage in when reading for pleasure or for instruction. When reading for pleasure, students should typically access books that are at their independent reading level; however, during instructional time, students should choose curriculum that offers an appropriate level of skill challenge and should find materials that are at their instructional level. You should avoid providing any reading experiences that are at a students frustration level so that lifelong reading pursuits are not discouraged. An informal reading inventory (IRI) is the most common form of assessment used to determine a students reading level. In this task you will be assessing students independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels. Once the students reading levels are determined, you will also learn to identify the reading level of various text passages so that you can guide students to the appropriate level of reading material. Task: A. arrange to assess two students reading skills using one of the attached informal reading inventories at the appropriate level for each student. Note: If possible, observe your PCE teachers as they administer reading assessments before you administer them. If possible, practice administering the reading assessments in this task with a child or another adult before administering them in the classroom setting so you get a sense of how to record miscues, how much time you will need to plan, and so on. 1. Administer the attached word lists to determine each of the two students starting points. a. Submit the attached word lists, using correct marking conventions to record reading behaviors. Note: Refer to the Gunning textbook to review correct marking conventions. Administer the attached informal reading inventory passages to determine each of the two students independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels. Make certain you use reading symbols to note reading errors. B. Complete a separate reading assessment for each of the two students you assessed by doing the following: 1. Explain how you determined each students independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels.