[MOSAIC] Fluency assessment question

[ljackson]

Nancy,

I believe the original post said students 1-6.  Obviously, the level of
concern has to have some relationship to grade level, but I would worry if a
child at upper levels was guessing.

Lori


On 8/27/07 6:10 PM, "Creecher12 at aol.com" <Creecher12 at aol.com> wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 8/27/2007 5:43:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jwidmann at rocketmail.com writes:
> 
> Or maybe  the student has been overcorrected to the point that guessing seems
> better  than being caught "wrong."
> 
> 
>     Isn't this a first grader? When did "guessing"  become a become a bad
> strategy? Do you know when kids are guessing if they say  the word correctly?
> I 
> would say to make sure he has lots of strategies in his  "toolbox" so that he
> can make his guesses based on the best evidence.
>  
> Nancy Creech
> 
> 
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