Activities to Observe and Assess Students' Current Reading Skills

Directed Activities to observe and assess students’ current levels of understanding.  Colorful, fun practices pages for whole class activities using the ELMO.  Activities review:

*Concept of a word

* CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant)

*Concepts About Print – Reading from left to right and from top to bottom

*Concept of a sentence

*High Frequency words: the, and, like, to, are, have

*Genre – Fiction/Non-fiction

Together say each picture, locate and circle each word that is represented by a picture.  Word support is used to help students identify, locate and circle words represented by  pictures.

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Same expectations as in the first activity using fewer words to lessen guided support and build stronger student independence

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Fewer word support, more independence and teacher observation of students' current skill knowledge. 

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Together read the sentence replacing pictures with words: fox, dog, hen, cat.  As you read the sentence run your finger along the red arrow demonstrating CAP (concepts about print).  Also, review sight words: the, and, are and high frequency word - friends.  As in the examples above, have students locate and circle all words and words represented by pictures: The, fox, dog, hen, and, cat, are, friends.

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Repeat the steps of previous activity

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As you read the sentences with students, run your finger along the red arrow.  Next, discuss when to use capital letters, commas and periods in a sentences.  Next, review the type of genre (fiction or non-fiction) and why - these animals are not friends.

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Student/Parent Share

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