Running Records for Classroom Teachers

by Clay, Marie M.

• ISBN13: 9780325002996
• ISBN10: 0325002991
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-10
• Publisher: HEINEMANN

Summary

This is a brief exploration of running records, explaining why to use them, how they relate to teaching, and how to administer them.

Table of Contents

About Running Records	3	(6)
Reading the messages	3	(1)
Another view	3	(1)
Records are taken to guide teaching	4	(1)
Records are taken to assess text difficulty	4	(1)
Records are taken to capture progress	5	(1)
Compare two Running Records on the same text	5	(1)
Taking a Running Record	6	(4)
Congenial conditions	6	(1)
What does skilled record-taking look like?	6	(1)
Two things to avoid	7	(1)
Select children who will make practising easier	8	(1)
Select some texts for practising	8	(2)
How to Record What You See	10	(6)
Another book read well	10	(1)
Why use standard procedures?	10	(1)
Conventions for recording	11	(3)
Check directional movement	14	(1)
Describe the reading behaviour recorded	14	(1)
Assessment and comprehension	14	(2)
How to Score Errors and Self-corrections	16	(2)
Some conventions for scoring the records	16	(2)
Quantifying the Running Record	18	(1)
Records for Two Competent Readers	19	(2)
Interpreting the Running Record	21	(3)
Look at the errors in the record	21	(1)
Scan the record to answer two other questions	22	(1)
Now look at self-corrections	22	(1)
Consider the pattern of responses	22	(1)
Some common faults	22	(2)
Understanding the Reading Process	24	(2)
In older readers look for different signs of progress	25	(1)
Records of Individual and Group Progress	26	(2)
Making Decisions About Instruction	28	(1)
School entry checks	28	(1)
For teaching individuals	28	(1)
For teaching groups	28	(1)
Evidence of Emphasis: What Things Get Attention in Your Programme?	29	(1)
Recommended Reading	29	(1)
Running Record Sheet	30	(2)
Record of Book Level Sheet	32