To determine a functional reading describe how characters in a story or poem respond to key events. student’s level for a specific text consider these word describe the setting and important events of a story. accuracy rates from Phonological Virginia’s Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS): identify the problems and solutions in stories. independent level 98-100% accuracy, or – use information from illustrations and words to demonstrate comprehension about two of every 100 words misread; of characters, settings, and plots. student reads independently with little or no instructional support, and compare and contrast characters, setting, and important events in at least comprehension is strong. two versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories). instructional level 90-97% accuracy, or – determine the main idea or theme of paragraphs or stories. three to ten words of every 100 words misread; student reads with modest begin to use knowledge of transition words (e.g., and to first, next, soon), accuracy and variable fluency and understand how information is organized in sequence. comprehension should be closely monitored. organize information, using graphic organizers (e.g., story map, sequence of events). frustration level less than 90% accuracy, – or more than ten of every 100 words use the framework of beginning, middle, and end to summarize and retell misread; student reads with neither story events. accuracy nor fluency, and therefore his or her comprehension will be affected. describe the structure of a story (e.g., beginning introduces the story, ending concludes the action). Prosody refers to the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language, which should be noticeable write responses to what they read (e.g., response logs, write the story with a during oral reading. Prosody contributes to new ending). reading fluency and comprehension.
To determine a student’s functional reading level for a specific text consider these word accuracy rates from Virginia’s Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS): independent level – 98-100% accuracy, or about two of every 100 words misread; student reads independently with little or no instructional support, and comprehension is strong. instructional level – 90-97% accuracy, or three to ten words of every 100 words misread; student reads with modest accuracy and variable fluency and comprehension should be closely monitored. frustration level – less than 90% accuracy, or more than ten of every 100 words misread; student reads with neither accuracy nor fluency, and therefore his or her comprehension will be affected. Prosody refers to the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language, which should be noticeable during oral reading. Prosody contributes to reading fluency and comprehension. describe how characters in a story or poem respond to key events. describe the setting and important events of a story. identify the problems and solutions in stories. use information from illustrations and words to demonstrate comprehension of characters, settings, and plots. compare and contrast characters, setting, and important events in at least two versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories). determine the main idea or theme of paragraphs or stories. begin to use knowledge of transition words (e.g., first, next, and soon), to understand how information is organized in sequence. organize information, using graphic organizers (e.g., story map, sequence of events). use the framework of beginning, middle, and end to summarize and retell story events. describe the structure of a story (e.g., beginning introduces the story, ending concludes the action). write responses to what they read (e.g., response logs, write the story with a new ending).
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