Reading Skills Competency Tests: Second Level

by Walter B. Barbe; Henriette L. Allen; Wiley C. Thornton

• ISBN13: 9780130213273
• ISBN10: 0130213276
• Edition: Spiral
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• 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 students2 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.á For 25 years he was editor-in-chief of the widely acclaimed magazine Highlights for Children and adjunct professor at The Ohio State University.á 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. Mr. Thornton is experienced in classroom teaching and educational testing and is the former research assistant in the Jackson Public Schools.

Table of Contents

About the Competency Tests for Basic Reading Skills	3	(6)
How to Use the Competency Tests and Check List	9	(4)
Begin at the Beginning	9	(1)
Recording on the Check List	10	(1)
Conferencing with the Pupil	10	(1)
Conferencing with Parents	11	(1)
Conferencing with Professional Staff	11	(1)
Providing Check Lists to the Next Grade Level Teacher	11	(1)
Making a Group Summary Profile from Individual Check Lists	11	(1)
Ensuring the Sequential Presentation of Skills	11	(1)
Using the Sequential Skill Plan Chart	12	(1)
Reading Skills Check List--Second Level	13	(2)
Group Summary Profile--Second Level	15	(4)
Reading Skills Competency Tests: Second Level	19	(1)
I. VOCABULARY	20	(22)
A. Word Recognition	20	(14)
1. Recognizes 220 Dolch Basic Sight Words	20,22,24,26,28	(5)
2. Uses Word Form Clues	30	(4)
a. Configuration	30	(2)
b. Visual Similarity of Rhyming Words	32	(2)
B. Word Meaning	34	(8)
1. Multiple Meanings of Words	34	(2)
2. Synonymous Meanings	36	(2)
3. Opposites	38	(2)
4. Words Pronounced the Same	40	(2)
II. WORD ANALYSIS	42	(66)
A. Phonics	42	(52)
1. Knows Consonant Sounds	42	(2)
2. Applies These Sounds to Initial Position	44	(6)
Applies These Sounds to Final Position	46	(2)
Applies These Sounds to Medical Position	48	(2)
3. Knows Blends	50	(2)
4. Knows Three-Letter Initial Blends	52	(2)
5. Knows Word Families	54,56,58,60,62,64,66,68	(8)
6. Short Vowel Sounds	70	(2)
7. Long Vowel Sounds	72	(2)
8. Understands Function of y as a Consonant at Beginning of Word and Vowel Anywhere Else	74	(2)
9. Knows Two Sounds of c and g	76,78	(2)
10. Knows Initial Consonant Sound Includes All Consonants Up to First Vowel	80	(2)
11. Phonics Rule	82-92	(10)
a. A Single Vowel in a Word or Syllable is Usually Short	82	(2)
b. A Single e at the End of a Word Makes the Preceding Vowel Long	84	(2)
c. Final y Makes the Sound of Long i or e	86	(2)
d. When There Are Two Vowels Together, the First Is Long and the Second Silent	88	(2)
e. Vowels Are Influenced When Followed by r, w, and l	90	(4)
B. Structural Analysis	94	(14)
1. Recognizes Little Words in Big Words	94	(2)
2. Recognizes Compound Words	96	(2)
3. Understands Use of Possessive	98	(2)
4. Knows Contractions	100	(2)
5. Recognizes Root Words	102	(2)
6. Use of Accented Syllable Introduced	104	(2)
7. Can Alphabetize Words Using First and Second Letters	106	(2)
III. COMPREHENSION	108	(32)
A. Association of Ideas of Material Read	108	(8)
1. Can Draw Conclusions	108	(2)
2. Can Predict Outcomes	110	(2)
3. Can Find Proof	112	(2)
4. Can Associate Text with Pictures	114	(2)
B. Organization of Ideas	116	(6)
1. Can Follow Printed Directions	116	(2)
2. Can Find Main Idea	118	(2)
3. Can Follow Plot Sequence	120	(2)
C. Locating Information	122	(10)
1. Can Use Table of Contents, Page Numbers, Titles	122,124,126	(3)
2. Can Find Specific Information	128,130	(2)
D. Appreciation	132	(8)
1. Able to Dramatize Stories Read	132	(2)
2. Able to Illustrate Stories Read	134	(2)
3. Able to Tell a Story Which Has Been Read Previously	136	(2)
4. Owns at Least Several Books Which He/She Particularly Likes	138	(2)
IV. ORAL AND SILENT READING	140
A. Oral Reading	140	(6)
1. Reads Clearly and Distinctly	140	(2)
2. Reads with Expression	142	(2)
3. Reads without Reversals	144	(2)
B. Silent Reading	146
1. Reads without Lip or Head Movements	146	(2)
2. Reads More Rapidly Silently Than Orally	148
Barbe Reading Skills Check List Sequential Skill Plan (Chart)