Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade Benchmark Text Reading Level Assessments {RTI +}
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Description
Save precious instructional time by getting text level assessments done faster! These assessments help efficiently document students' reading skills/level at the beginning, middle, or end of the year.
We want to provide small group instruction at just the right level for each of our students. But, first we need to know their guided reading levels so we can effectively create these groups.
The need for current information continues through the year, as our students grow and learn.
We need a quick, effective way to determine each child's ideal Guided Reading Placement Level.
There are a couple widely-used tools available - but they are both expensive and very time consuming. Using those tools, we sometimes have to complete several running records to find the instructional level of a single student.
This Text Level Estimator is fast and effective!
★ It takes less than 10% of the time it would take to complete running records on each student.
★ It's available at a fraction of the cost and uses much less paper.
Both reading accuracy and comprehension are considered in determining the student's Initial Placement Level.
Take a look at the preview to see how this works!
I hope you'll join me in advocating to save time while still getting the information we need to provide high-quality small group instruction for our young readers.
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Reading Strategies for Parents Handouts: Guided Rd. Levels A-P
This bundle includes a series of Parent Handouts explaining how to best support a child's literacy development from Guided Reading Levels A through P.
This resource was completely updated on 1/28/2020. The information in these handouts is ideal to share with parents during school closures.
Upon request, the download is now an Editable PowerPoint file. So, these can easily be edited for use with DRA Levels or any other reading system your school uses. ✿
If you purchase this resource and prefer a PDF version (which is not editable), just email me at Annegardner4@gmail.com and I will be happy to send that right out to you.
This resource now features a Parent Letter with Information Regarding Guided Reading Levels. In this handout, reading levels are presented as a tool to help teachers and parents select books that a reader is likely to experience success with at his/her current stage of development.
This handout stresses that reading levels do not define readers, and clarifies why it is in a child's best interest to read within a range of levels.
Perfect to send home as students progress throughout the year!
Includes Ideas for:
★ Helping students develop voice to print match
★ Developing and use decoding skills
★ Developing sight word knowledge
★ Engaging in shared writing at home
★ Learning to monitor their own reading
★ Making connections to stories
★ Working with cut-up sentences
★ Reading smoothly and with expression
★ Reading CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words
★ Finding interesting details
★ Reading words with a long vowel and silent e
★ Retelling using the five finger method
★ Thinking deeply about informational and literary texts
★ Developing a fluent reading style
★ Working with compound words
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level G
★ Becoming familiar with more complex text layouts
★ Working with contractions
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level H
★ Asking and answering text-based questions
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level I
★ Learning to compare and contrast
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level J
★ Participating in rich discussions about books
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level K
★ Using closed captioning to support reading skills
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level L
★ Using an understanding of genres to support comprehension
★ Books to consider at Guided reading Level M
★ Understanding common literary devices and how this can help with writing
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level N
★ Understanding the point of view from which a text is written
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level O
★ Books to read together, and then watch the movie
★ Ways to help support your child's interest in reading
★ Tips to make a trip to the library special
★ Ideas for magazines to consider
★ Incorporating instruction manuals or cook books
★ Books to consider at Guided Reading Level P
Many of these ideas are also useful for guided reading groups and literacy centers.
You can view the majority of this resource by taking a look at the previews.
Sincerely, Anne Gardner (National Board Certified in Literacy)
Also available:
Reading Comprehension Passages for Guided Reading Levels A through T
(This link leads to the bundle. From there, each resource can be purchased separately.)
Sincerely,
Anne Gardner
(National Board Certified in Literacy)
