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Since mid-year benchmark testing is here, I thought it would be helpful to talk about getting the most information out of those running records as possible. Analyzing errors and self-corrections in running records can give you SO much information. This information can help you to determine what your students are using to decode words and what they need to work on. Take a running record of a student reading a passage or short text aloud. Be sure to record what their errors are above the word they read incorrectly or self-corrected. Need running records? Check out the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project for some FREE ones! You can also do a running record of any book a child is reading. Let’s take a look at an example: Take a look at each error and self-correction individually to determine whether or not the student was using meaning, structure, or visual information while reading. Notice if students are over-relying on one type. Analyzing Errors: Ask: "What type of information did the child use when they made this mistake?" Analyzing Self-Corrections: Ask: "What additional information did the child use to correct the error?" M – Meaning: Does this error make sense? This student read screamed for cried, and self-corrected after reading burn for bury. Errors using meaning show that students are comprehending what is happening in the text or by using the pictures. It is evident that this student was using meaning after self-correcting the word bury in a sentence. This student understood that the word didn't make sense in the context of the sentence. I would work with this learner on using visual information (paying close attention to the letters/word parts in the words) along with meaning. S – Syntax/Structure: Does this error sound right? This student read it for that, to for for, and my for her. These errors are acceptable in the English language and fit the structure of the text, without changing the meaning. I can hypothesize that this student was using syntax/structure when reading. V – Visual: Does this error look right? This student read glazed for gazed and Gliman for Gilman. Glazed does not make sense in the context of the story, nor does it fit the structure of the sentence. Gliman is a little different because it is a name. This student’s error doesn’t change the meaning or structure of the sentence. Because the beginning and ending sounds in the words were read correctly, these errors do show that the student is attending to visual information. I would also note that the student needs to work on reading through the entire word by recognizing known word parts to help them decode. The goal of MSV = Self-Correction We want students to be able to monitor and self-correct on their own. Avoid immediately pointing out errors to students. If they do not self correct, guide them to reread the entire sentence instead (helpful prompts below). We should give students strategic actions to use with any book, rather than just guiding them through the book you're reading. Prompts to guide students: "Run your finder under the word and read all the way through it." "What strategy could you try here? (chunking, covering up part of the word, familiar word parts, etc.)" "Try that again and keep the story in your head." "If that didn't make sense, remember it's your job to check it again." "What are you thinking about?" MSV has ALWAYS confused me. Every single time I analyzed a running record I had to Google what it meant. For some reason I couldn’t keep that information in my brain. So I made a cheat sheet (lifesaver). If you want this cheat sheet for yourself, you can download it for FREE from my TPT store!
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Last updated on March 19th, 2019 at 08:24 pmRegrets. We all have them and when it comes to blogging there are some things I definitely wish I had done earlier on my journey. It took me 1.5 years to join social media after starting my blog and it took me about a year to join […]
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Are you wondering which free blogging tools for bloggers you can use to grow your blog? Quora, Canva, Ubersuggest, Google Docs, Tailwind, Airtable, Pinterest
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