reading well

MP3459 Includes Assessment Pages! Reading Well 1–2 Milliken’s Reading Well reading series provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program. Reading materials and styles of writing include realistic fiction, biography, poetry, fantasy, informational articles, myths, legends, tall tales, and plays or skits. The comprehension activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading skills. A list of comprehension skills for all grade levels is included on the Reading Comprehension Chart on page 1. A variety of assessment rubrics helps you track progress in achieving those skills. Each book in the series is sequential, allowing students to build on skills previous learned. The various levels available allows you to select the one most appropriate for an individual student or class. Reading Well Grades 1–2 written by Cindy Barden illustrated by Corbin Hillam Author Cindy Barden Illustrator Corbin Hillam Book Design and Production Good Neighbor Press, Inc. Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. All rights reserved. The purchase of this book entitles the individual teacher/purchaser to reproduce copies by any reproduction process for single classroom use. The reproduction of any part of this book for use by an entire school or school system or for any commercial use is strictly prohibited. ii Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. MP3459 Table of Contents 1Reading Comprehension Skills 2 Bloom’s Taxonomy 3 Using Student Assessments 4 Individual Activity Assessment 5 Oral Reading Assessment 6 Story Summarizing Assessment 7 Student Reading Comprehension Skills Assessment 8 Student Reading Log and Assessment 9 What’s My Title? 10 Write the Titles 11 And Then What Happened? 12 Gone Fishing 13 Spring 14 Who Am I? 15 What Will Happen Next? 16 Are They Real or Make Believe? 17 Mother Goose Rhymes 18 Could It Really Happen? 19 Rhyme Time 20 I Like Apples. Do You? 21 An Apple Poem 22 A New Poem 23 Find the Ending 24 Frogs and Toads 25 Out to Eat 26 Ants on a Log 27 Draw Conclusions 28 Under? Over? Higher? Lower? 29 Learn New Words 30 Snowflakes to the Rescue 32 My Story Map 33 To, For, Six, Ate 34 A Visit With (Ant Aunt) Rachel 35 Sam’s Birthday 36 My Five Senses 37 Lots of Legs 38 Did You Ever See a Purple Cow? 39 No Room for Andy 41 Answers Reading Comprehension Skills Activities provide opportunities for students in grades 1 and 2 to practice these reading comprehension skills. 1 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. MP3459 Skill Page numbers Relate pictures to text 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22, 28, 33 Distinguish between reality 16, 18 and fantasy Detect cause and effect 11, 40 Recognize the main idea 13, 20, 36, 40 Compare and contrast 24, 40 Identify significant details 13, 20, 31, 40 Recognize rhymes 14, 19, 21, 22 Sequence events 11, 12, 17, 23 Follow instructions 23, 26, 34, 38 Summarize material 32, 40 Use context clues 13, 29 Predict outcomes 11, 15 Draw conclusions 14, 27, 31, 40 Classify 25, 36, 37 Identify supporting details 32 Increase vocabulary skills 29, 33, 34, 35 Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloom’s Taxonomy, developed by Benjamin Bloom, divides cognitive objectives into six categories ranging from simple to complex. Milliken’s Reading Well series provides opportunities for children to meet these six objectives. Knowledge is the ability to memorize information and recall specific facts. Skills include recording, outlining, listing, discriminating between facts and opinions, classifying items, distinguishing between definitions and examples, and summarizing material. Comprehension is the ability to grasp the meaning of what has been learned rather than simply memorizing facts. Skills include comparing and contrasting like and unlike items, identifying steps in a process, interpreting charts and graphs, translating verbal material to mathematical terms, estimating consequences, patterning, and predicting outcomes. Application is the ability to use material previously learned in new situations. Skills include inferring, estimating, applying concepts to new situations, ordering, sequencing, understanding changes in word meanings, and constructing graphs and charts. Analysis is the ability to understand both the content and structural form of material and the ability to break material into its component parts. Skills include writing analogies, decoding, using logic, drawing conclusions, predicting sequences, making inferences, and distinguishing between cause and effect. Synthesis is the ability to put parts together to form a new whole. Skills include planning, deductive reasoning, creative thinking, testing hypotheses, drawing conclusions, problem solving, and planning a project. Evaluation is the ability to use definite criteria to judge the value of material for a given purpose. Skills include developing and evaluating criteria, determining appropriateness and relevancy of information, discovering common attributes, and evaluating material for extraneous information. 2 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. MP3459 Using Student Assessments Assessment forms can measure student progress on a variety of reading comprehension skills. They also enable you to track a child’s literary development over time. Completed forms can be shared with students and their parents, used as motivational tools, and used as guides when completing report cards. Individual Activity Assessment Most activities in the Reading Well series provide opportunities for students to sharpen several reading comprehension skills. The Individual Activity Assessment form can be used as a follow-up for any activity in this book. A copy of it can be attached to the completed activity for students to take home. Oral Reading Assessment This form allows you to track students’ oral reading skills. It can be used on a monthly or quarterly basis and will be a helpful reference tool at parent/teacher conferences. Story Summarizing Assessment This form provides a means to assess a student’s reading comprehension level through oral or written summaries completed by students. When used to assess an oral summary, the form can be completed with the student at the end of the summary. For written summaries and/or book reports, this form can be attached to the student’s work and sent home for parent review. Student Reading Comprehension Skills Assessment This form allows you to assess a student’s overall level on many reading comprehension skills. It can be used on a quarterly basis to track progress and provides valuable information for parents about their child’s progress. Student Reading Log and Assessment This form is a self-assessment tool for students as well as a progress report. It provides an opportunity to learn at what level a student is comfortable reading and to suggest appropriate reading material for the future, providing input for both students and parents. 3 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. MP3459 Individual Activity Assessment Student’s name: _____________________________________________ Date: _______________ Activity title: ______________________________________________________________________ Skill Level 4 Student has mastered this skill 3 Student shows high level of proficiency 2 Student has basic understanding of this skill 1 Student needs improvement on this skill Skills needed to complete this activity. Check all that apply. Skill level _____ Relate pictures to text _____ _____ Distinguish between reality and fantasy _____ _____ Detect causes and effects _____ _____ Recognize main idea _____ _____ Compare and contrast _____ _____ Identify significant details _____ _____ Recognize rhymes _____ _____ Sequence events _____ _____ Follow instructions _____ _____ Summarize material _____ _____ Use context clues _____ _____ Predict outcomes _____ _____ Draw conclusions _____ Suggestions to help student improve these skills: ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. MP3459 Oral Reading Assessment Student’s name: ___________________________________________________________________ Skill Level 4 Student has mastered this skill 3 Student shows high level of proficiency 2 Student has basic understanding of this skill 1 Student needs improvement on this skill 5 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. MP3459 Notes to help student improve: _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Dates of assessment Reading Skill Skill Level Recognizes when words do not make sense or sound right _____ _____ _____ ____ Self-corrects if word doesn’t make sense or sound right _____ _____ _____ ____ Pays attention to end punctuation _____ _____ _____ ____ Reads fluently _____ _____ _____ ____ Reads with expression _____ _____ _____ ____ Understands what he/she has read _____ _____ _____ ____ Overall assessment _____ _____ _____ ____ Story Summarizing Assessment Student’s name: _____________________________________________ Date: _______________ Story Title: ________________________________________________________________________ Scoring 3 detailed 2 partial 1 fragmentary 0 inaccurate Story elements Description of setting (time and place) Score: ____ Description of main characters Score: ____ Description of problem(s) encountered Score: ____ Sequencing of major events Score: ____ Resolution of problem Score: ____ Total score: ________ Scoring Guide Level Total Score Proficient 13–15 Capable 9–12 Developing 5–8 Unsatisfactory 0–4 6 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co. MP3459 [...]... because _ Assessment of Student Reading Log _ Student is reading above level expected Keep up the great work! _ Student is reading at level expected Good job! _ Student is reading below level expected He/she needs to work harder Suggestions for books student might enjoy are: _ ... _ _ Uses context clues _ _ _ _ Predicts outcomes _ _ _ _ Draws conclusions _ _ _ _ Overall assessment _ _ _ _ 7 Copyright © 2002 Milliken Publishing Co MP3459 Student Reading Log and Assessment Student’s name: _ Title of Book Check one box Easy Just right Hard _ _ _ _...Student Reading Comprehension Skills Assessment Student’s name: _ Skill Level 4 3 2 1 Student Student Student Student has mastered this skill shows high level of proficiency has... good too They grow on trees Some apples are red Some are yellow Some are green Apples are a good snack Some people say, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Eating good food like apples helps you stay well I like apples How about you? \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ This story is about Write a good title for this story Circle the answers Apples grow on trees yes no All apples . MP3459 Includes Assessment Pages! Reading Well 1–2 Milliken’s Reading Well reading series provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program. Reading. __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Assessment of Student Reading Log _____ Student is reading above level expected. Keep up the great work! _____ Student is reading at level expected. Good job! _____ Student is reading below level. cards. Individual Activity Assessment Most activities in the Reading Well series provide opportunities for students to sharpen several reading comprehension skills. The Individual Activity Assessment