Running Record Assessment Lesson Plan and Reflection

Running Record Assessment

Mini lesson Plan:

According to the running record assessment this student has an accuracy rate of 92%. According to the miscue analysis this student relies on the visual and not the meaning. Therefore, I would design a lesson plan that will implement various comprehension strategies to build meaning in the words.

Activity #1: Read Aloud                                                                                                    Teacher will read aloud a story, and ask questions after a sentence or a paragraph- what did this mean or what happened in the story? Then, I will ask the student to predict what will happen and apply it to own personal life and experiences. In addition, I will cover words in the story and ask student according to the context and meaning of the sentence what word would fit in?

Activity #2: small group discussion- that will build comprehension with the use of a web and each student will write down their own feelings and share it with others

Activity #3: Journal or Response logs- student will write down their thoughts and respond to questions that will assess comprehension.

Reflection on Assessment Experience

This student has an accuracy rate of 92% and is a good reader. He is most definitely a slow decoder and therefore has difficulty with the meaning. Yet, he has proven to read accurately in most cases and hopefully a little help and intervention in comprehension the student will be a proficient reader.

I enjoyed administering the assessment. I believe that the running record assessment is a great way to gauge students’ progress and level of reading. It is an amazing tool in helping teachers to assess student’s level, strengths, and weakness. In this way, teachers are given the ability to design lessons according to the individual needs and abilities of the students.

In particular, it was wonderful experience learning and actually assessing a student’s reading level and ability. It gave me the opportunity to assess a student and learn to plan according to the needs of the student. I learnt a great deal from the experience and this course on a whole. I appreciate the knowledge and skill I have gained during this course and hope that this experience will help me be an effective teacher to all my students.