September+17,+2009

Creating a Balanced Literacy Classroom LIFT K-3 Part 1 Ingham ISD Session 1: Running Records September 14, 2009

In this session, we will:

• Begin getting to know each other • Establish how we want to work together • Learn about how our work together will be organized • Begin studying assessment tools that shape our practice

Learning goals:

• Expand knowledge about uses for Running Records • Learn the common visual language for taking a Running Record • Practice taking a Running Record using these visual symbols • Learn how to score a Running Record

Assignments: 1. Read Chapter 5, An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement. Carefully review the conventions for taking and scoring a Running Record. Bring in questions next week.

2. On a willing young victim, I mean student, practice taking a Running Record.

Notes: Borrowing a first grader ensures that the book is shorter, has bigger words for you to watch, and possibly the reading will be a tad slower than if you are trying to keep up with a fluent second or third grader. But it’s your choice! Use a book the child has read a couple of times before but has not memorized. If you’re borrowing a student from a colleague, he or she can help you out with what book to use.

3. Complete the Scoring Practice worksheet and bring to class along with the above Running Record, which you will also have scored. [|Running Records Scoring Practice.doc]