I administered the Developmental Reading Assessment and completed the rubric on Alex, April 15, 2018. Alex read Thin as a Stick. Thin as a Stick was a narrative story that was about a problem between a lizard and a prairie dog. The reason I chose this book is because it matched the level he was reading independently at school. I used the comparison sheet that came with the DRA kit and the guidance from my professor. Alex was reading at a J,K,L reading level in school and it was comparable to level 24-26 in the DRA. The DRA is a diagnostic test that is standardized but differ from achievement test. They determine a student's strengths and weaknesses. The DRA assessment focused on 3 different areas: decoding ability including sight word identification …show more content…
If a student is focusing on a word for to long then they lose what they are trying to comprehend. That is why it is important to have sight words or high frequency words that students practice. That way when they come across certain words they know it. Decoding skills are based on the knowledge of letter sound relationship, consonant blends, consonant digraphs, vowel diagraphs, and diphthongs. 2) Fluency: Fluency focuses on the rate, automatic, expression, and phrasing of how a student reads a passage. The purpose of checking this is because fluency and comprehension usually go hand in hand with each other. If a student can't read fluently then they usually have trouble with comprehension. 3) Comprehension: The purpose of testing this is did the student really understand what they just read? Are they learning to read or reading to …show more content…
He also scored a 21 out of 28 which is right in the middle of his independent reading level. When making predictions Alex took a picture walk and was able to make many predictions on what they story may be about. Alex was able to retell what happened in the sequence of events that happened in the story. For the beginning of the story he was able to tell me 1 key event out of 4 so next time I would like him to focus on telling me more. I should have prompted him to tell me more. This may have been my fault also. For the middle and end of the story he retold me all major details except for 1. I thought that was awesome! Alex was able to name both characters without any prompting. I only prompted him once when he was retelling. When it came it the interpretation and reflection Alex was spot on. Alex stated that the author was trying to tell us we should be a good friend and help others. He used details from the story to base his reflection