The iDeaL Reading Skills Record Authentic Texts Webinar

Summary

The webinar introduces the Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3, designed for educators to assess and track students' reading skills using authentic texts. It covers module outcomes, rationale, components assessed, and how to administer and score the record. The kit helps identify strengths and challenges in reading, supports structured literacy, and guides next teaching steps. The video demonstrates the assessment process, including accuracy, comprehension, fluency, and oral reading rate, and provides insights into analyzing results for instructional decisions.

Takeaways

• 📚 The Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3 is designed to support educators in assessing reading skills with authentic texts suitable for curriculum levels 2 to 4.
• 🔍 The kit includes templates for junior journal and journal articles, a student copy of the story, and a blank Ideal Reading Skills Record for customized texts.
• 📈 The assessment covers accuracy, comprehension, fluency, and oral reading rate, aligning with the building blocks of reading success as supported by the science of reading.
• 👀 Educators are encouraged to identify specific strengths and challenges in students' reading to inform teaching strategies and monitor progress effectively.
• 📝 The Ideal Reading Skills Record is part of a structured literacy approach, evaluating and tracking the progress of children's reading skills in the classroom.
• 🗣️ Fluency is defined as reasonably accurate reading at an appropriate rate with suitable expression, leading to comprehension and motivation.
• 🎯 The components assessed include accuracy of word recognition, comprehension through questions, fluency via a rubric, and oral reading rate measured in words per minute.
• ⏱️ It is recommended that the Ideal Reading Skills Record is administered no more than once per term with unseen texts to ensure authenticity.
• 📹 A demonstration of the assessment being administered to a student is provided, highlighting the process and the importance of preparation.
• 📊 Scoring the Ideal Reading Skills Record involves calculating accuracy, fluency, and comprehension scores based on the student's performance and responses.
• 🛠️ The results from the assessment inform next steps in instructional reading, including explicit teaching of comprehension skills, vocabulary, and fluency building activities.
• 📧 Support and resources, including lesson plans for authentic texts, are available from the Ideal team for educators using the kit.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of the Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3?

The Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3 is designed to support educators in using authentic texts to assess and track the reading skills of students working within curriculum levels 2 to 4.

What types of texts are included in the Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3?

Kit 3 includes excerpts from stories and articles found in Junior and school journals, with both fiction and non-fiction texts available for educators to choose from.

How many Ideal Reading Skills Records are in the kit?

There are a total of 24 Ideal Reading Skills Records in the kit.

How often is it recommended to administer the Ideal Reading Skills Record?

It is recommended not to administer the Ideal Reading Skills Record more than once per term.

What is the rationale behind the development of the Ideal Reading Skills Record?

The record was developed to help educators identify specific strengths and challenges students experience while reading, aligning with research from the science of reading and supporting a structured literacy approach.

What components does the Ideal Reading Skills Record assess?

The record assesses accuracy, comprehension, fluency, and oral reading rate, which are all components that contribute to reading success.

How is fluency measured in the Ideal Reading Skills Record?

Fluency is measured through a fluency rubric that evaluates expression, volume, phrasing, smoothness, and pace, based on the teacher's professional judgment.

What is the importance of assessing oral reading rate?

Assessing oral reading rate helps indicate whether a student's fluency growth meets year-level expectations or is increasing at a normal rate.

How should teachers prepare before administering the Ideal Reading Skills Record?

Teachers should ensure they have the recording sheets, an unseen text for the students, a timer, and should familiarize themselves with the text and comprehension questions before administration.

What does the Ideal Reading Skills Record help teachers with in terms of teaching strategies?

The record helps teachers evaluate, monitor, and track the progress of reading skills, informing next teaching steps and directing teaching and learning in areas of reading success.

How can educators determine the next steps for students based on the Ideal Reading Skills Record?

Educators can analyze the data from the record to understand students' strengths and weaknesses, and then plan explicit teaching of comprehension skills, vocabulary, and fluency-building activities accordingly.

Outlines

00:00

📚 Introduction to the Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3

Louise Payne introduces the Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3, a tool designed for educators to assess and monitor students' reading skills. The webinar aims to raise awareness about the kit's contents, rationale, and how it aligns with the building blocks of reading success. It covers how to administer, score, and analyze data from the record to inform teaching strategies. The kit is suitable for students at curriculum levels 2 to 4 and includes templates for various texts, a student copy of a story, and a blank record. Educators are advised on the frequency of administration and the importance of using unseen texts for assessment.

05:03

📝 Administering and Scoring the Reading Skills Record

This section details the process of administering the Ideal Reading Skills Record, including the preparation required, such as printing recording sheets and selecting appropriate texts. It emphasizes the importance of fluency, measured through a rubric assessing expression, volume, phrasing, smoothness, and pace. Additionally, it explains how to calculate oral reading rate and use it alongside comprehension questions to evaluate students' reading abilities. A demonstration of administering the record to a student reading a level 2 fiction text is provided, showcasing the marking process and subsequent questions to assess comprehension.

10:04

🔍 Analyzing Otis's Reading Skills Record

The analysis of Otis's reading skills record is presented, beginning with calculating his decoding score by subtracting the number of errors from the total words read. The accuracy percentage is then determined, followed by assessing Otis's oral reading rate and fluency using a rubric. Comprehension is evaluated through the correctness of answers to comprehension questions. Otis's scores indicate good accuracy but areas for improvement in fluency and comprehension. The information gathered from the record and in-class observations is crucial for determining the next steps in Otis's reading instruction, including the need for explicit teaching of comprehension skills and vocabulary.

15:05

🎯 Implications for Instruction and Next Steps

The final paragraph discusses the implications of Otis's reading skills assessment for his instructional reading. It highlights the importance of maintaining Otis's current reading level while focusing on explicit teaching to improve fluency and comprehension. Vocabulary instruction and strategies for locating information within the text are identified as key next steps. The paragraph also differentiates the use of Kit 3 for students reading authentic texts from the use of Kit 1 and Kit 2 for those reading decodables. It concludes with an invitation for educators to contact the Ideal team for questions and to explore additional resources and lesson plans.

Keywords

💡Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3

The 'Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3' is a specific educational tool designed to assess and track the reading progress of students. It is the third installment in a series aimed at different reading levels. In the video, it is introduced as a method to support educators in evaluating and monitoring reading skills, aligning with the building blocks of reading success. The kit includes various components such as templates for different types of texts, comprehension questions, and a fluency rubric.

💡Authentic Texts

Authentic texts refer to real-world materials such as stories and articles that students might encounter outside of a classroom setting. In the context of the video, Kit 3 is designed to be used with these types of texts, which are taken from Junior and school journals, to provide a more realistic and engaging reading experience for students and to better prepare them for various reading situations they may encounter.

💡Curriculum Levels

Curriculum levels are standardized benchmarks used in education to measure a student's progress and capabilities within a subject area. In the video, Kit 3 is mentioned as being suitable for students working within levels 2 to 4 of the curriculum, indicating the range of reading abilities for which the kit is intended.

💡Fluency

Fluency in reading is the ability to read text accurately, at an appropriate pace, and with proper expression. The video emphasizes the importance of assessing fluency as part of the 'Ideal Reading Skills Record', using a rubric to evaluate aspects like expression, phrasing, smoothness, and pace. It is a key component in determining a student's reading proficiency.

💡Comprehension

Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what has been read. The video script discusses how the 'Ideal Reading Skills Record' includes four types of comprehension questions to assess a student's understanding of the text. This is crucial for evaluating not just the ability to read words but also to grasp their meaning and context.

💡Decoding Strategies

Decoding strategies are the methods readers use to translate written language into spoken language. The video mentions assessing a student's decoding strategy as part of the 'Ideal Reading Skills Record', which involves observing if students can accurately isolate and blend sounds to form words.

💡Oral Reading Rate

Oral reading rate refers to the speed at which a student can read text aloud, measured in words per minute. The video explains that this rate is assessed using the 'Ideal Reading Skills Record' and compared against norms to determine if a student's fluency is developing at an expected rate.

💡Structured Literacy Approach

A structured literacy approach is an educational methodology that systematically teaches the components of reading, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The video mentions that the 'Ideal Reading Skills Record' supports the implementation of such an approach, indicating its comprehensive nature in evaluating reading skills.

💡Building Blocks of Reading Success

The 'building blocks of reading success' is a term used in the video to describe the fundamental components necessary for successful reading, such as accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. The 'Ideal Reading Skills Record' is designed to assess and direct teaching in each of these areas.

💡Administering the Assessment

Administering the assessment refers to the process of conducting the 'Ideal Reading Skills Record' with students. The video provides a demonstration of how to administer the assessment, including introducing the text, timing the reading, and scoring the various components such as accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.

💡Instructional Reading

Instructional reading is the practice of reading with the purpose of teaching specific skills or concepts. The video script suggests taking texts used for the 'Ideal Reading Skills Record' out of circulation for instructional reading so they can be used as unseen texts, ensuring that the assessment is a true measure of a student's independent reading ability.

Highlights

Introduction to the Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3, designed for developing awareness of its components and rationale.

Understanding the kit's purpose for educators to assess and track reading skills progress in students.

Kit 3's suitability for use with authentic texts and students within curriculum levels 2 to 4.

Inclusion of templates for Junior journal and journal articles, along with a student copy of the story.

Availability of 24 Ideal Reading Skills Records for teachers to select based on students' curriculum level.

Recommendation against administering the record more than once per term to maintain its effectiveness.

Importance of using unseen texts for the Ideal Reading Skills Record to assess students' true abilities.

Research evidence highlighting the need for educators to identify students' reading strengths and challenges.

Alignment of the Ideal Reading Skills Record with the science of reading and structured literacy approaches.

Assessment of fluency, accuracy, comprehension, and oral reading rate as key components of reading success.

Explanation of the fluency rubric and its importance in evaluating students' reading expression and pace.

Demonstration of administering the Ideal Reading Skills Record with a student reading a level 2 fiction text.

Guidance on how to prepare for administering the assessment, including familiarity with the text and comprehension questions.

Scoring method for the Ideal Reading Skills Record, including accuracy, fluency, and comprehension scores.

Analysis of a student's reading performance using the Ideal Reading Skills Record and implications for instructional reading.

Recommendations for next steps in students' reading development based on assessment results.

Acknowledgment of the Ministry of Education for permission to use texts in the Ideal Reading Skills Record Kit 3.

Transcripts

Kiora Koto my name is Louise Payne and

today I would like to introduce you to

the ideal reading skills record kit 3.

let's run through the module outcomes

for this webinar

to develop an awareness of what is

included in the ideal reading skills

record kit 3.

to understand the rationale for the

development of the ideal reading skills

record

understand their components assessed on

the ideal reading skills record and how

this aligns to the building blocks of

reading success

learn how to administer and score the

ideal reading skills record

and learn how to analyze the data from

the ideal reading skills record and

determine next steps for students

this webinar is designed to support

Educators with using the ideal reading

skills record kit 3 authentic texts this

is a third of three kids in the ideal

reading skills record series

kit 3 is designed to be used with

authentic texts and is suitable for use

with students working within levels 2 to

4 of the curriculum it uses excerpts

taken from stories and articles found in

Junior and school journals

kit 3 contains templates for the junior

journal and journal articles listed in

the kit 3 contents page it also includes

a student copy of the story and a blank

ideal reading skills record as well

there are 24 ideal reading skills

records in total

teachers can select which ideal rating

skills record is appropriate for their

students depending on which level of the

curriculum they are working on

there are both fiction and non-fiction

articles and stories for teachers to

choose from

teachers can determine how frequently to

administer an ideal reading skills

record however we do not recommend

administering the ideal reading skills

record more than once per term

we recommend taking the journal articles

and stories that will be used for the

ideal reading skills record out of

circulation for instructional reading so

these can be used as unseen texts for

the ideal reading skills record

this kit also contains a blank ideal

reading skills record template if you

would prefer to use another text for

your students let's now delve into why

the ideal reading skills record was

developed

we now know more about the process of

learning to read There is a body of

research and evidence that clearly

illustrates the importance of Educators

identifying specific strengths and

challenges students are experiencing

while reading

This research highlights the importance

of assessing both language comprehension

and word recognition skills

the ideal reading skills record aligns

with research from the science of

reading and it supports the

implementation of a complete structured

literacy approach

the ideal reading skills record has

specifically designed to support

teachers with evaluating monitoring and

tracking the progress of reading skills

of the children in their class

it will also support teachers with

informing next teaching steps in their

classroom programs

the ideal reading skills record assesses

and directs teaching and learning in

each of the areas of the building blocks

of reading success and the components

that are assessed within the ideal

reading skills record align with these

building blocks

let's now like take a look at the

components that are assessed within the

ideal reading skills record in Greater

detail

as has broken glasses succinctly state

that fluency is defined as reasonably

accurate reading at an appropriate rate

with suitable expression that leads to

accurate and deep comprehension and

motivation

it is important that we assess these key

areas that lead to fluency and deep

comprehension

the first component that is measured in

the ideal reading skills record is

accuracy can the students accurately

read the text you're also able to get an

insight into the decoding strategy

students are using are they isolating

sounds accurately are they able to blend

the word back together

the second component that is measured is

comprehension each ideal reading skills

record includes a retail and four

comprehension questions to allow you to

check for understanding

the questions fall into the following

categories retail literal inferential

vocabulary evaluation and reaction

fluency is measured through scoring the

students off on a fluency rubric which

looks at expression and volume phrasing

smoothness and pace this is the

teacher's professional judgment on how

the students sounded in all of these

areas while they were reading it is

highly recommended that teachers become

familiar with the fluency rubric before

administering the assessment

the last component that is measured is

oral reading rate which is how many

words per minute a child can read

these reading rate Norms are from

Hasbrouck and Tyndall

and they can help indicate whether a

student's fluency growth meets year

level expectations or is increasing at a

normal rate

before administering the ideal reading

skills record use the kit 3 contents

page to determine which text is suitable

for administration

you will also need to ensure you have

the following ready you have printed off

the recording sheets you have a copy of

an unseen text for the students you can

either use a school journal or use a

copy of the student text provided with

this kit

and you have a timer

ensure you have read and familiarized

yourself with the text before

Administration and you have read through

the comprehension questions

we recommend taking the text that will

be used for the ideal reading skills

record out of circulation for

instructional reading so these texts can

be used as unseen texts

we will now watch a clip of the ideal

reading skills record Being administered

to a student who is reading a level 2

fiction authentic text

note how the book is introduced prior to

reading on the right you can see how the

ideal reading skills record has been

marked

now I will demonstrate how to administer

the ideal reading skills record cash 3.

this kit uses authentic Journal articles

we're going to be reading a article

today called nobody laughed which is a

legal to fiction

you can choose to either have the

journal and read the actual story from

the journal or alternatively you can use

the student text that is provided

So today we're going to read a little

article called nobody laughed when

you're reading you're going to notice

that I've got my phone here beside me

and I've got my timer working it will

make a noise but you don't need to worry

about the noise okay the second thing

that you might notice is that I make

some marks on my page as you're reading

don't worry about that either I'm just

working out what I need to do next to

help you with your reading and at the

end of the story I'm going to ask you

some questions about what's happened in

the story you'll notice we're only

reading quite a short piece of the um

actual story the story is a number of

pages so when we get to the end here

that's where we'll stop

so this story nobody laughed is about a

group of students who go back to school

for the first day after a big break and

Aiden who's the main character in the

story has been shopping in the school

holidays and he has bought himself or

his parents or whanau have bought him a

new bag

and when he gets to school and catches

up with all of his mates PC he see he's

not the only one that's got a new bag

okay are we ready to to get started with

our reading so the story is called

nobody La excellent and you can start

reading off you go I don't watch the

school with a spring in his book and a

bright green bird on his belt it was the

first day back after the summer holiday

or fun

so

greatly amazing

it's

stones

and

voice

gold

to himself he

overheard

in school and

he loves his new bed it was big but not

too big the perfect side

called books

is her lunch and kids

Secret

name

was waiting at the school gate but first

and they were assigned person telling

each other near holiday

stories so

tell us a new build

yeah

like missing

two for that

that related

didn't even notice they had the same bed

that's the thing about shopping at the

Big Bang

brunch

that

and um

and the same thing too

and Jason and William

and Jade

October

ciao

and

that

in turn

Plus

the day it was getting away

it would be a bit weird wouldn't it if

you tuned up and everybody had exactly

the same

so can you tell me what were the main

things that happened in this story

um

and what else can you tell me

um

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what else happened

why did Aiden have a spring in his steep

I don't know you don't know it might

have been sometimes when we say he had a

spring and a step he might have been

excited because it was the first day

back at school what was inside Aiden's

bed

um

are you looking to see in the story what

was inside his bag I could see you

looking what was he keeping inside his

bag

foreign

why did all the kids have the same bag

not sure okay and what does the word

entire mean in this story

down here what does the word entire mean

and the entire thing

well done thank you so much for reading

with me today you did really really well

foreign

completed you will be ready to score the

ideal reading skills record

instructions for scoring can be found on

page 3 of the ideal reading skills

record

let's now look at scoring Otis's reading

skills record

the first area we will work out is his

decoding School

the decoding score can be calculated by

subtracting the number of Errors from

the words read in this case

Otis made five errors and he read 149

words so our calculation is 149 minus 5

which equals a decoding score of 144.

we then need to convert this into a

percentage to get us accuracy score we

can do this by using the decoding score

divided by the number of words times

100. so Otis's decoding score was 144

divided by 149 the number of words read

times 100 which gives us a score of 97

percent

to work out artist's oral read and write

we look at the number of words he read

after one minute of reading

Otis reads 69 words but he made two

errors in this one minute of reading so

we subtract the number of Errors By the

number of words read in one minute in

this case it will be 69 minus 2 which

gives us 67 words per minute

we use the fluency rubric on page two of

the ideal reading skills record to

determine Otis's fluency score we scored

Otis a two for expression and volume a

two for phrasing a three for smoothness

and a three for pace which gives us a

total of ten

to work out Otis's comprehension score

we divided the total number of questions

by the number of correct answers and

multiply this by 100

Otis did not get any comprehension

questions correct so he receives a score

of zero

let's now look at what this information

tells us about Otis's reading and the

implications for his next steps in

instructional reading

Otis had a good accuracy rate

students are deemed to have sufficient

accuracy when this score is 95 or more

the average reading rate for an

eight-year-old is between 83 to 112

words per minute although Otis's score

was on the lower side this will be

continued to be developed during reading

instruction and formally monitored and

consecutive ideal reading skills records

artists had a comprehension score of

zero percent

artists will require explicit teaching

of comprehension skills including

helping them to locate information

within the text and Retail the main

points of the story

Otis will also be explicitly taught

vocabulary word meanings comprehension

skills and strategies

artists received a fluency score of 10.

we would continue to monitor Otis's

fluency rate and fluency building

activities will be included during

independent activities as well as

instructional reading and spelling

from the information gain from the ideal

reading skills record an in-class

observations during instructional

reading time we can make a judgment as

to whether Otis is ready to move to the

next level for reading in order to build

Otis's fluency and for him to comprehend

what he is reading we recommend Otis

remains reading at this level

explicit teaching and unpacking of

vocabulary will be an important next

step to progress Otis's literacy

development

supporting Otis to reach retail Main

Events and to locate information within

the text is another important Next Step

3 is designed for students reading

authentic texts if you have older

students reading decodables or younger

students reading decodables please make

sure you view our webinars for the ideal

reading skills records kit1 and kit 2.

if you have any questions please do not

hesitate to get in touch with either

your school's consultant or our ideal

team at idealadmin learningmetters dot

Co dot NZ

remember to also check out the lesson

plans for authentic texts in the

resource section of ideal

we would like to acknowledge the

Ministry of Education and thank them for

their permission to use these texts and

the ideal reading skills record kit 3.

we hope this video has been helpful in

understanding the components of the

ideal reading skills record how it

aligns with the research from the

science of reading and how to administer

score and determine next steps for your

students

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