Reading Skills Competency Tests Fifth Level

by Barbe, Walter B.; Allen, Henriette L.

• ISBN13: 9780787967048
• ISBN10: 0787967041
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Each level unit provides a sequential Reading Skills Checklist of the skills to be mastered at that grade/reading level for easy individual record keeping, plus 40-70 short, reproducible informal Reading Skills Competency Tests for measuring students' mastery of each skill on the Checklist at that level. Each also includes a Group Summary Profile for recording class progress and a separately printed wall chart that maps out the entire reading skills progression from Readiness through Advanced levels.

Author Biography

Dr. Barbe is a nationally known authority in the fields of reading and learning disabilities. For 25 years he was editor-in-chief of the widely acclaimed magazine Highlights for Children and adjunct professor at The Ohio State University.

Dr. Allen is a former classroom teacher who has taught reading skills at both elementary and secondary levels and served in several administrative roles, including assistant superintendent of the Jackson, MS, Public Schools.

Table of Contents

About the Competency Tests for Basic Reading Skills

How to Use the Competency Tests and Check List

Begin at the beginning

Recording on the checklist

Conferencing with the pupil

Conferencing with parents

Conferencing with professional staff

Providing check lists to the next grade level teacher

Making a group summary profile from individual check lists

Ensuring the sequential presentation of skills

Using the sequential skill plan chart

Reading skills check list- fifth level

Group summary profile- fifth level

Reading skills competency tests: fifth level

Vocabulary

Word recognition of vocabulary in content areas

Meaning of words

Can define words read in context

Can provide synonyms, antonyms

Knows homophones

Knows homographs

Understands figurative and colorful expressions

Word Attacks Skills

Phonic skills

Syllabication

Each syllable must contain a vowel and a single vowel can be a syllable

The root or base word is a syllable and is not divided

Blends are not divided

Suffixes and prefixes are syllables

If the vowel in a syllable is followed by two consonants, syllable usually ends with the first consonant

If a vowel in a syllable is followed by only one consonant, the syllable usually ends with a vowel

If a word ends in le, the consonant just before the le begins the last syllable

When there is an r after a vowel, the r goes with the vowel

Vowel Sounds

With only one vowel in a word or syllable, the vowel is short

With two vowels in a word or syllable, the first vowel is long and the second is silent

Accent

In a word or two or more syllables, the first syllable is usually accented unless it is a prefix

Accent is usually on root of word

Using a Dictionary

Alphabetization

Division into quarters: a-f; g-m; n-r; s-z

Alphabetizing word through fourth letter

Knows abbreviated parts of speech

Uses guide words at top of page

Uses diacritical markings (bottom of page)

Uses key to pronunciations (bottom of page)

Understands phonetic spellings

Can follow cross-references

Understands secondary accents

Context Clues

Uses context clues

Understands sentence structure

Comprehension

Locating Information

Can locate: title page, author, illustrations, publisher, copyright, year, and index

Uses table of contents

Note Taking

Can take notes from reading

Can take notes from lecture

Organizing Material Correctly

Uses Roman numerals and letters in outlining

Can list ideas in proper sequence

Can follow directions

Can summarize

Uses Reference Materials Effectively

The Encyclopedia

Understands topics arranged alphabetically

Know meaning of characters on spine of each volume

Knows different uses of dictionaries and encyclopedias

The Atlas and Maps

Can use local maps to check known facts about streets and highways

Can use atlas to find answ<$$$>

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