Rachel, I like your use of the running record to "pay more attention" to the student as she reads. I believe that you have mention this basic concept of "paying attention" before, and it gets me very time. We teachers seem to be so busy all the time, that we might sometimes forget to "pay real attention". I like use a term from my spiritual practice called "Active Listening", listening as active instead of passive, listening with "Reverent Alertness".
I also like you mentioning Smith and his "Teacher's Role". It was hard for me as well to as you said "sit back and be patient" and let the student go through the trial an error process". I appreciate your attitude and that you are using the record as a tool for consciousness and compassion, instead of a cold assessment tool. I have to do DRA's starting now...literally the day after tomorrow...and it is very hard for me to have a good attitude about mandated testing in the classroom. Let me google what DRA stands for..I don;t even know....The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) is a set of individually administered criterion-referenced reading assessments for students in kindergarten through Grade 8. Modeled after an informal reading inventory, the DRA is intended to be administered, scored, and interpreted by classroom teachers. There are two instruments in the DRA series: the Developmental Reading Assessment, Kindergarten through Grade 3 is intended to identify students’ independent reading level, defined as a text on which students meet specific criteria in terms of accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. Additional purposes include identifying students’ reading strengths and weaknesses, planning instruction, monitoring reading growth, preparing students to meet classroom and testing expectations and providing information to stakeholders regarding reading achievement levels." I will test student (one test in English, one in Spanish, since this is a bilingual class but will try to remember your attitude "Pay attention" opportunity!!!!!!!
I agree that the running record definitely makes us pay more attention to what is going on with our readers! I found it hard to let them work out the obstacles themselves as well. Are you observing a dual immersion program?
Rachel, I like your use of the running record to "pay more attention" to the student as she reads. I believe that you have mention this basic concept of "paying attention" before, and it gets me very time. We teachers seem to be so busy all the time, that we might sometimes forget to "pay real attention". I like use a term from my spiritual practice called "Active Listening", listening as active instead of passive, listening with "Reverent Alertness".
ReplyDeleteI also like you mentioning Smith and his "Teacher's Role". It was hard for me as well to as you said "sit back and be patient" and let the student go through the trial an error process". I appreciate your attitude and that you are using the record as a tool for consciousness and compassion, instead of a cold assessment tool.
I have to do DRA's starting now...literally the day after tomorrow...and it is very hard for me to have a good attitude about mandated testing in the classroom.
Let me google what DRA stands for..I don;t even know....The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) is a set of individually administered criterion-referenced reading assessments for students in kindergarten through Grade 8. Modeled after an informal reading inventory, the DRA is intended to be administered, scored,
and interpreted by classroom teachers. There are two instruments in the DRA series: the Developmental Reading Assessment, Kindergarten through Grade 3 is intended to identify students’ independent reading level, defined as a text on which students meet specific criteria in terms of accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. Additional purposes include identifying students’ reading strengths and
weaknesses, planning instruction, monitoring reading growth, preparing students to meet classroom and testing expectations and providing information to stakeholders regarding reading achievement levels."
I will test student (one test in English, one in Spanish, since this is a bilingual class but will try to remember your attitude "Pay attention" opportunity!!!!!!!
I agree that the running record definitely makes us pay more attention to what is going on with our readers! I found it hard to let them work out the obstacles themselves as well. Are you observing a dual immersion program?
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