Comprehension

= **Comprehension** =

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[] || K-2 ||  || This rubric allows the listener to assess the studetn based on thier quality of retelling. The qualities listed are Main Idea, Story Elements, Organization, and Linguistic Spillover. It is a siple and quick method of assessment. || (special education) || WWS provides a different approach to writing, reading and literacy development. It is a talking word processor that matches symbols to words to help students increase comprehension and fluency. || Used to create visual support when reading and writing || [] || 1-3 || This resource provides a comprehension check for the ORF assessment. In general, oral reading fluency provides one of the best measures of reading competence, including comprehension. The purpose of the RTF measure is to prevent inadvertently learning or practicing a misrule and identify children whose comprehension is not consistent with their fluency. || Helpful! Provides instruction, before, during and after checklist to follow. || @http://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames.html || K-5 || This site provides fun reading comprehension games for students. || The site also contains grammar, writing, word, and spelling games for children. || This site explains the Five Finger Retelling and what each finger stands for. This strategy is very useful because it is easy to remember the 5 parts based on the 5 fingers. Also, the graphic organizer is always available because all the students have to do is trace their hand. || This assessment is a rating scale the teacher fills out of each student based on what they believe the student is capable of doing. It says it is created for special ed. students but could be useful for all younger students. ||
 * ** Student **
 * Name ** || ** Assessment ** || ** Grade ** || ** Strategy ** || ** Comments ** ||
 * Daniel Brant || McLeod Assessment of Reading Comprehensio [] || 2-5 & 6-8 || Uses Cloze techniqes to determine comprehnsion level of students. || May be given as a group. The students write in their responses. It can be used to identify whether a student is at his/her grade level in comprehension or if further testing should be completed. ||
 * Jacqueline Sosin || Developmental Reading Assessment || K-5 ||  || This assessment assists in finding the various reading levels of students based on accuracy, rate and comprehension. The comprehension portion inculdes a retelling and interpretation portion. ||
 * Jennifer McKillop ||  || K-8 || [] || This website gives strategies for reading comprehension.Individual or group strategies are given such as word maps, graphic organizers, etc. to aide in reading comprehension. ||
 * Jennifer McKillop || Brigance Inventory of Basic Skills || K-12 ||  || This assessment is given to students to record grade levels for reading comprehension listening vocabulary comprehension and reading vocabulary comprehension. ||
 * Crystal Doyle || Fountas and Pinnell Running Records || K-5 or K-8 ||  || This assessment finds independent and instructional reading levels of students based on accuracy, rate and comprehension. The comprehension part is more like a conversation with the student and also provides prompts to probe the student's thinking. ||
 * Crystal Doyle ||  || K12 || [] || This is a website that allows teachers to enter their class names and personalize reading levels for each student. Then students go on and can listen to books, read books, and take a comprehension quiz at their own level. Only negative is that it requires a subscription. ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Jacqueline Sosin || MLPP Retelling Rubric for Narrative text
 * Jessica Shuler || [] || All
 * Tiffany Frost ||  || All || [] || Highlights six comprehension strategies along with printable resources. ||
 * Jessica Shuler || DIBELS Retelling Fluency Assessment
 * Rebecca Setera || [[file:comprehension.pdf]] From the Florida Center for Reading Research || 4-5 || This resourse is from The Florida Center for Reading Research. This is a 64 page file with a wealth of comprehension activities, games, charts, and extension activities. Many of the activities could be adapted for both younger and/or older students. || The Florida Center for Reading Research has a wealth of stratagies and activities. ||
 * Andrea Ursitti || [] || All || This site offers quick check guides as well as other sources such as retelling rubrics. The guides and comprehension building questions have various levels and can be utilized in a quick and easy way. Other ways to build comprehension is through the use of graphic organizers. Start simple and keep building! || The use of graphic organizers and these quick check guides can be so helpful in the classroom in both whole group, small group, and one on one instruction. ||
 * Sarah Reis || http://www.readingrockets.org/article/3479 || All || This site gives teachers 7 comprehension strategies to teach students. || This site also gives you down loadable graphic organizers to help with teaching comprehension to your students. ||
 * Melissa Jasmund || Reading Comprehension Games
 * Melissa Jasmund || Reading Comprehension Assessment (Free Practice Reading Tests)@http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html || 1-8 || This site provides free online practice reading tests for grades 1-8. || The site alsoprovides instructions on how to score each test. ||
 * Kelly McDevitt || Shape Go Map || K-5 || The attached document is what our district uses to help guide students with their retellings. It is a great format to use building-wide so all students become familiar.[[file:Shape Go Map.doc]] ||  ||
 * Sarah Kenyon || Determining Comprehension of Readers[] || Pre K-2 || Five Finger Retelling[]
 * Lisa Kolman || Picture & Comprehension Checklist [[file:Picture and Comprehension Checklist.doc]] || Birth-3 ||  ||   ||