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Uses and Misuses of Commercial Reading Assessment: An Applied Framework for Decision Making in Grades K through 6
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Adrea J. Truckenmiller; Eunsoo Cho; Samantha Bourgeois; Ellie Friedman – Reading Teacher, 2024
The purpose of this article was to offer guidance to educators in evaluating the strengths, weaknesses, and most effective uses of commercial reading assessment suites. We provide three resources to help educators who are responsible for making instructional decisions in reading using formal screening, benchmark, interim, and progress-monitoring…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Decision Making, Reading Achievement, Evaluation Methods
Contemporary Classroom Vocabulary Assessment for Content Areas
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Stahl, Katherine A. Dougherty; Bravo, Marco A. – Reading Teacher, 2010
One of the challenges of teaching disciplinary vocabulary effectively is the paucity of available, classroom-friendly vocabulary assessments that can be used to gauge students' vocabulary growth and to inform vocabulary instruction. This article describes the intricacies of word knowledge that make assessment difficult. Three continua…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction, Reading Teachers
Content Area Literacy: Individualizing Student Instruction in Second-Grade Science
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Connor, Carol McDonald; Kaya, Sibel; Luck, Melissa; Toste, Jessica R.; Canto, Angela; Rice, Diana; Tani, Novell; Underwood, Phyllis S. – Reading Teacher, 2010
This study describes a second-grade science curriculum designed to individualize student instruction (ISI-Science) so that students, regardless of initial science and literacy skills, gain science knowledge and reading skills. ISI-Science relies on the 5-E Learning Cycle as a framework and incorporates flexible, homogeneous, literacy skills-based…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Learning Processes, Literacy
Vocabulary Development during Read-Alouds: Primary Practices
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Kindle, Karen J. – Reading Teacher, 2009
Reading aloud is a common practice in primary classrooms and is viewed as an important vehicle for vocabulary development. Research indicates that interactive read-aloud styles and adult mediation of word learning are effective in enhancing word learning, but less is known about the actual practices of primary teachers. Read-alouds are complex…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Reading Aloud to Others, Vocabulary Development, Reading Teachers
A Framework for Supporting Scientific Language in Primary Grades
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Honig, Sheryl L. – Reading Teacher, 2010
In this article, the author reports on findings of second and third graders' science writing about Jupiter in order to describe their expressive fluency with scientific discourse. The students' artifacts were created within a setting of integrated science/literacy instruction in which students participated in hands-on science activities, engaged…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Hands on Science, Grade 3, Literacy
The ABCs of Performing Highly Effective Think-Alouds
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Block, Cathy Collins; Israel, Susan E. – Reading Teacher, 2004
The purpose of this article is to provide teachers with examples of how to perform effective think-alouds. Twelve think-alouds are described. A rationale for their use in kindergarten through grade 5 is also included. In addition, this article was designed to provide teachers with lessons and activities to assist students in developing the ability…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Thinking Skills, Elementary Education, Protocol Analysis