Reading Inventory for the Classroom

by Flynt, E. Sutton; Cooter, Robert B.

• ISBN13: 9780130181619
• ISBN10: 0130181617
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Using a constructivist approach, this informal inventory provides current and future teachers with a simple, straightforward means of assessing reading competencies for pre-K through grade 12 students. Comes with audiotape and readers' passages. Reading Inventory for the Classroom, Fourth Edition enables teachers to place students with appropriate reading and instructional materials, acquire insight into reading developments (reading of connected text, word analysis, story and content comprehension, miscue analysis), place students in appropriate basal reading programs, plan collaborative learning activities involving reading, planning, mini-lessons, and determine which non-negotiable student skills require further development.

Author Biography

E. Sutton Flynt: Austin Peay State University Robert B. Cooter, Jr.: University of Texas at Arlington

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
What Is the Flynt-Cooter Reading Inventory for the Classroom?	2	(1)
Description of the Flynt-Cooter RIC	2	(1)
How do Flynt-Cooter RIC Reading Levels Compare to Guided Reading Levels?	3	(1)
General Explanation of Criteria for Emergent through Transitional Reading Level Passages: Flynt-Cooter RIC and Guided Reading Levels (A-K)	4	(2)
Who Should Use the RIC	6	(1)
How the Flynt-Cooter RIC Differs from Other Informal Reading Inventories	6	(3)
Administration and Scoring Procedures	9	(12)
Interest/Attitude Interview	9	(1)
Initial Passage Selection Sentences	9	(1)
Reading Passages	10	(4)
Completing the Student Summary	14	(3)
Instructions for Administering the Preprimer (PP) and Primer (P) Passages	17	(1)
Instructions for Administering the Form E Passages	18	(1)
Selected References	19	(2)
Scored Student Example	21	(4)
Student Summary	25	(2)
Performance on Sentences for Passage Selection	25	(1)
Overall Performance Levels on Reading Passages	25	(1)
Miscue Summary Chart	25	(1)
Error Analyses (Cueing Systems)	26	(1)
Other Observations	26	(1)
Instructional Implications	26	(1)
FORM A
Sentences for Initial Passage Selection	27	(4)
Narrative Passages	31	(24)
Level PP: The Accident	32	(2)
Level P: Let's Go Swimming	34	(2)
You Cannot Fly!	36	(3)
The Pig and the Snake	39	(1)
The Big Bad Wolf	40	(2)
New Clothes	42	(2)
Hot Shoes	44	(2)
Mountain Fire	46	(2)
The Canoe Trip	48	(2)
The Eagle	50	(2)
The Case of Angela Violet	52	(3)
Examiner's Assessment Protocols	55	(44)
Level PP	87
Level P	59	(4)
Level 1	63	(4)
Level 2	67	(4)
Level 3	71	(4)
Level 4	75	(4)
Level 5	79	(4)
Level 6	83	(4)
Level 7	87	(4)
Level 8	91	(4)
Level 9	95	(4)
FORM B
Sentences for Initial Passage Selection	99	(4)
Narrative Passages	103	(24)
Level PP: Wordless Picture Story	104	(2)
Level P: Level P Picture Story	106	(2)
Birthday at the Zoo	108	(3)
Mary's New Bike	111	(1)
Bedtime	112	(2)
A Different Time	114	(2)
Afternoon Walk	116	(2)
Laser Boy	118	(2)
The Paper Route	120	(2)
Riley and Leonard	122	(2)
The Long Night	124	(3)
Examiner's Assessment Protocols	127	(44)
Level PP	129	(2)
Level P	131	(4)
Level 1	135	(4)
Level 2	139	(4)
Level 3	143	(4)
Level 4	147	(4)
Level 5	151	(4)
Level 6	155	(4)
Level 7	159	(4)
Level 8	163	(4)
Level 9	167	(4)
FORM C
Sentences for Initial Passage Selection	171	(4)
Expository Passages	175	(14)
Bears	177	(1)
The Night Sky	178	(1)
Flying Flowers	179	(1)
The Story of Coca-Cola	180	(2)
Popcorn	182	(1)
Cooking Without Fire: The Microwave Oven	183	(2)
Diamonds	185	(1)
The Future Is Here	186	(2)
Visual Illusions	188	(1)
Examiner's Assessment Protocols	189	(38)
Level 1	191	(4)
Level 2	195	(4)
Level 3	199	(4)
Level 4	203	(4)
Level 5	207	(4)
Level 6	211	(4)
Level 7	215	(4)
Level 8	219	(4)
Level 9	223	(4)
FORM D
Sentences for Initial Passage Selection	227	(4)
Expository Passages	231	(18)
Animal Friends	233	(2)
Making Pictures is Art	235	(1)
The History of Books	236	(2)
Mountain Man	238	(1)
Music	239	(2)
Jesse Owens	241	(1)
Nails: A Carpenter's ``Fastener''	242	(2)
The Environments of Africa	244	(2)
The Mathematics of Health	246	(3)
Examiner's Assessment Protocols	249	(38)
Level 1	251	(4)
Level 2	255	(4)
Level 3	259	(4)
Level 4	263	(4)
Level 5	267	(4)
Level 6	271	(4)
Level 7	275	(4)
Level 8	279	(4)
Level 9	283	(4)
FORM E
Expository Passages, Levels 10--12	287	(8)
Stereo Speakers	289	(2)
Changing the Way We Look	291	(2)
Fiber Optic Communication	293	(2)
Examiner's Assessment Protocols	295	(12)
Level 10	297	(3)
Level 11	300	(3)
Level 12	303	(4)
Appendix: Additional Blank Examiner's Assessment Forms	307