Reading AssessmentA third-grade teacher is looking over the…
Reading AssessmentA third-grade teacher is looking over the results of a student’s oral reading fluency assessment. The results are as follows:Passage Assessment Level: Early third gradeAccuracy rate: 93%Error rate: 1:10 (an average of 1 error for every 10 words read)Self-correction rate: 1:5 (makes an average of 1 self-correction per 5 errors)After examining these results, the teacher conferences with the student privately. Below is a transcript of their conference.Teacher: While you were reading, I noticed you used some good reading strategies. When you read the word add instead of ask, you made a face because it didn’t sound right and reread it correctly. I could tell you were thinking about the story events, and that helped you fill in the right word. Let’s take a look at another word (pointing to the word set in the passage). You read let. Let’s read the first letter. What is it?Student: It’s s. I see! It says set!Teacher: That’s right! When you read let, it somewhat went with the passage, but didn’t sound right. The word set goes well in the passage, and it also sounds correct when reading the text.The transcript of this teacher-student conference shows the teacher understands the importance of: