Running Records

Salem Avenue Elementary

April 6, 2015

With: Mindy Tringone & Marcie Burleson

Why is this work important?

Formal F & P Running Records

Recorded on Yellow Card

Must follow Fountas and Pinnell Guidelines

Should not interrupt regular instruction

Should find the highest instructional level on each student

Must complete on each student by the end of the year

CodingPage 12

Let’s give it a try!

Listen as we read The Loose Tooth.

Code the text using the “Conventions for Coding.”

Check your coding against the original.

“For teachers, the most useful aspect of errors is that people do not make them randomly. There is always a reason for them. If you can figure out the reason, then you know where best to use your instructional expertise and how to avoid confusing the student.”

Johnston, P. (2000).Running Records: A Self-Tutoring Guide. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.

Jigsaw

Get in a triad.

Decide who will read about meaning, syntax, and visual cues on pages 13-15 (primary) and 13-18 (intermediate).

Read.

Small group share out.

Whole group share out on posters.

Let’s Analyze!

We’ll work together on pages 2-4.

Now, you try it with the people you’re sitting with.

Let’s share what we found.

Instructional Implications

Talk at your table about the reader. What would be your plan for working with this student?

Share out.

Comprehension

Comprehension as per Fountas and Pinnell is a conversation.

You are to use prompts as needed.

You score understandings with or without a prompt.

Fluency

Pace-Automaticity is the fast, effortless recognition of words that comes with a great deal of reading practice.

Parsing-To parse text means to break it up into smaller parts, or breaking up ordinary text. Parsing involves reading phrases and/or clauses by dividing the text into chunks.

Prosody- The ability to read in a manner that sounds like normal speech. (Expression and intonation)

Informal vs. Formal RR

Informal Formal

Completed frequently, as needed

Completed in Nov. and May

Can be used during conferencing

Recorded on Report Cards

Allows for flexible grouping Follows F & P Guidelines

Could be a book students have read before from their book basket

Cold read

Formative Assessment More Summative

Provides data that allows students to move from level to level

Informal Running Records

Uses the same coding

Quick-Check Reading Record forms can be used, as well as just a sheet of notebook paper

On the spot check ups

Allows for movement between levels

Questions