After identifying Nealy’s level of word identification, she was assessed for her oral reading ability. The format of the assessment worked like this: Nealy was first given a set of “Concept Questions,” to help activate her prior knowledge. Next, she was asked to make a prediction about the story. Third, she read the entire story. Fourth, she was asked to retell the story. Fifth, she was asked comprehension questions. There were two different types of comprehension questions: explicit and implicit. Explicit questions would have been directly answered within the story, while implicit meant that she would have to imply what she learned from the story to answer the question.
Established from her word identification assessment, Nealy’s first expository …show more content…
She scored 100% on concepts; she was very familiar about going on family vacations. She made 20 errors. Putting her level of accuracy as instructional, 93% and acceptability as independent, 99%. The most common error was omitting words. The common miscue was adding “s” to the end of her words: trip/trips, night/nights, shirt/shirts. When she was asked to retell the story, Nealy was able to summarize the story, but didn’t recall many details. Therefore, she scored 46% on retelling of ideas. In addition to, Nealy answered the comprehension questions 75% correctly, which is considered instructional level. Therefore, “The Family’s First Trip” is at instructional level for Nealy.
The fifth story Nealy read was “Father’s New Game.” Nealy scored a 66% on familiar concepts. She read 59 words per minute. Nealy had eight miscues; her most frequent miscued was miss-pronouncing one of the main character’s name: Susan/Suzanne. Nealy’s total accuracy was 97% (instructional) and acceptability 99% (independent). Nealy scored 61% on retelling of ideas. Nevertheless, Nealy’s overall level of comprehension was 100%. As a result, “Father’s New Game” passage level is …show more content…
Nealy read, “Wool: From Sheep to You.” Nealy was 66% familiar with the concept questions. She explained that she saw a sheep getting a haircut before, so she was really excited to read this expository story. While reading the story, Nealy made 17 miscues; her correct words per minute rate was 56. Nealy’s total accuracy is 92% and acceptability was 95% both are instructional level. Nealy presented new type of error while reading this story: locks/lucks, strands/strings, and sweater/splatter. These words do follow the similar letter-sound patterns, but they also changed the meaning. Nealy was frustrated. She couldn’t recall many details from the story. Instead, she only talked about her own personal experience again. She scored 25% for explicit and 100% on implicit questions. However, when answering the implicit questions, she based it from her own personal experience and not from the actual events within the story. Therefore, the level of comprehension was frustration, 62%. As a result, testing was stopped after this passage. “Wool: From Sheep to You.” is at an instructional level for
Established from her word identification assessment, Nealy’s first expository …show more content…
She scored 100% on concepts; she was very familiar about going on family vacations. She made 20 errors. Putting her level of accuracy as instructional, 93% and acceptability as independent, 99%. The most common error was omitting words. The common miscue was adding “s” to the end of her words: trip/trips, night/nights, shirt/shirts. When she was asked to retell the story, Nealy was able to summarize the story, but didn’t recall many details. Therefore, she scored 46% on retelling of ideas. In addition to, Nealy answered the comprehension questions 75% correctly, which is considered instructional level. Therefore, “The Family’s First Trip” is at instructional level for Nealy.
The fifth story Nealy read was “Father’s New Game.” Nealy scored a 66% on familiar concepts. She read 59 words per minute. Nealy had eight miscues; her most frequent miscued was miss-pronouncing one of the main character’s name: Susan/Suzanne. Nealy’s total accuracy was 97% (instructional) and acceptability 99% (independent). Nealy scored 61% on retelling of ideas. Nevertheless, Nealy’s overall level of comprehension was 100%. As a result, “Father’s New Game” passage level is …show more content…
Nealy read, “Wool: From Sheep to You.” Nealy was 66% familiar with the concept questions. She explained that she saw a sheep getting a haircut before, so she was really excited to read this expository story. While reading the story, Nealy made 17 miscues; her correct words per minute rate was 56. Nealy’s total accuracy is 92% and acceptability was 95% both are instructional level. Nealy presented new type of error while reading this story: locks/lucks, strands/strings, and sweater/splatter. These words do follow the similar letter-sound patterns, but they also changed the meaning. Nealy was frustrated. She couldn’t recall many details from the story. Instead, she only talked about her own personal experience again. She scored 25% for explicit and 100% on implicit questions. However, when answering the implicit questions, she based it from her own personal experience and not from the actual events within the story. Therefore, the level of comprehension was frustration, 62%. As a result, testing was stopped after this passage. “Wool: From Sheep to You.” is at an instructional level for