Slow & Wrong Readers 4 Types of Readers Virtual PD Session 5

Let's talk about the third of the 4 Types of Readers! In this Session we will look at "Slow & Wrong Readers." These readers are behind grade level in both fluency and accuracy. How might we build on those strengths to design their small group reading instruction? Print your FREE note-taking form and watch my video below!

Using a student's Fluency (fast or slow) and Accuracy (right and wrong) rates when reading a grade level passage, it's easy to sort your students into four distinct groups for guided reading instruction. After I learned about this way of sorting students at a wonderful training with the 95% Group, I started thinking about what my instruction might look like for each type of reader. In this Virtual PD video series we will explore the four types of readers, their characteristics, their strengths as readers, and the implications on their instruction.

Before starting this Virtual PD be sure to download and print this FREE Handout for note taking!

Sessions in this series:

1) 4 Types of Readers Overview

2) Fast and Right Readers

3) Slow and Right Readers

4) Fast and Wrong Readers

5) Slow and Wrong Readers

Fast & Wrong Readers 4 Types of Readers Virtual PD Session 4

Let's talk about the third of the 4 Types of Readers! In this Session we will look at "Fast & Wrong Readers." These readers are benchmark for fluency and below benchmark for accuracy. How might we build on those strengths to design their small group reading instruction? Print your FREE note-taking form and watch my video below!

Using a student's Fluency (fast or slow) and Accuracy (right and wrong) rates when reading a grade level passage, it's easy to sort your students into four distinct groups for guided reading instruction. After I learned about this way of sorting students at a wonderful training with the 95% Group, I started thinking about what my instruction might look like for each type of reader. In this Virtual PD video series we will explore the four types of readers, their characteristics, their strengths as readers, and the implications on their instruction.

Before starting this Virtual PD be sure to download and print this FREE Handout for note taking!

Sessions in this series:

1) 4 Types of Readers Overview

2) Fast and Right Readers

3) Slow and Right Readers

4) Fast and Wrong Readers

5) Slow and Wrong Readers

Slow & Right Readers 4 Types of Readers Virtual PD Session 3

Let's talk about the second of the 4 Types of Readers! In this Session we will look at "Slow & Right Readers." These readers are benchmark for accuracy and below benchmark for fluency. How might we build on those strengths to design their small group reading instruction? Print your FREE note-taking form and watch my video below!

Using a student's Fluency (fast or slow) and Accuracy (right and wrong) rates when reading a grade level passage, it's easy to sort your students into four distinct groups for guided reading instruction. After I learned about this way of sorting students at a wonderful training with the 95% Group, I started thinking about what my instruction might look like for each type of reader. In this Virtual PD video series we will explore the four types of readers, their characteristics, their strengths as readers, and the implications on their instruction.

Before starting this Virtual PD be sure to download and print this FREE Handout for note taking!

Sessions in this series:

1) 4 Types of Readers Overview

2) Fast and Right Readers

3) Slow and Right Readers

4) Fast and Wrong Readers

5) Slow and Wrong Readers

Fast & Right Readers 4 Types of Readers Virtual PD Session 2

It's time to dive in and explore the 4 Types of Readers! In this Session we will look at "Fast & Right Readers." These readers are benchmark for fluency and accuracy. How might we build on those strengths to design their small group reading instruction? Print your FREE note-taking form and watch my video below!

Using a student's Fluency (fast or slow) and Accuracy (right and wrong) rates when reading a grade level passage, it's easy to sort your students into four distinct groups for guided reading instruction. After I learned about this way of sorting students at a wonderful training with the 95% Group, I started thinking about what my instruction might look like for each type of reader. In this Virtual PD video series we will explore the four types of readers, their characteristics, their strengths as readers, and the implications on their instruction.

Before starting this Virtual PD be sure to download and print this FREE Handout for note taking!

Sessions in this series:

1) 4 Types of Readers Overview

2) Fast and Right Readers

3) Slow and Right Readers

4) Fast and Wrong Readers

5) Slow and Wrong Readers

4 Types of Readers Virtual PD Session 1

Are you ready to start guided reading groups, but still feel uncertain as to how to sort your students... even with all that beginning-of-the-year-data? We've all been there!

Using a student's Fluency (fast or slow) and Accuracy (right and wrong) rates when reading a grade level passage, it's easy to sort your students into four distinct groups for guided reading instruction. After I learned about this way of sorting students at a wonderful training with the 95% Group, I started thinking about what my instruction might look like for each type of reader. In this Virtual PD video series we will explore the four types of readers, their characteristics, their strengths as readers, and the implications on their instruction.

Before starting this Virtual PD be sure to download and print this FREE Handout for note taking!

Sessions in this series:

1) 4 Types of Readers Overview

2) Fast and Right Readers

3) Slow and Right Readers

4) Fast and Wrong Readers

5) Slow and Wrong Readers

The TRUTH About Reading Assessments

It's that time of year again! It's time to get to know our students and gather all that baseline data so that we can monitor growth, pinpoint struggles, and search for ways to challenge our students. When it comes to reading our assessments can run the gambit from computer based tests, to timed fluency assessments, to paper-pencil tasks. BUT, do these sorts of assessments REALLY tell us how our students read?

Do you want to really KNOW your students as readers?

Would you make time for an assessment for your students that could tell you...

About their fluency,
About their expression and phrasing,
About their problem solving strategies,
Whether they attend to punctuation,
Whether they use picture clues,
How well they know sight words,
How they attack new words,
If they are reading on grade level,
If they read with accuracy,
AND
Their level of confidence about reading in general???


Of course you would! And it's really VERY simple!

WOW! We can learn SO MUCH about our students just by taking the time to listen to them read!
It's worth the time and effort because listening to our students read is the only way to truly assess their reading on an individualized level. Do you make time to listen to your students read?