[MOSAIC] Fluency assessment question

[ljackson]

Hey, Nancy, I think Joy has nailed the difference between good miscues and
guessing.;-)

Joy, would it help this kiddo to hear some of his reading?  I am thinking of
something along the line of retrospective miscue analysis, beginning with a
focus of something the kiddo is doing right and then beginning some work
with troubling passages.  Sounds to me like perhaps his definition of
reading it to get from point a to point b, and meaning be damned--or largely
neglected.  

Lori


On 8/28/07 5:11 AM, "Joy" <jwidmann at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> Lori,
>   Which is what I have going on with one student right now. He's in fourth
> grade and miscues on many many words. He knows the words, but is blasting
> through when he reads and miscues on the most basic sight words. His reading
> is choppy and unconnected. Then he starts guessing like crazy on the more
> difficult words instead of using his decoding skills. This is with a first
> grade level text. But when we go back and read the words in isolation, he gets
> them right every time. His retell is sparse, relating mostly to the first or
> last sentence in the first or last paragraph. With as many miscues as he has
> it's amazing he can retell at all.
> 
> Creecher12 at aol.com wrote:
>   
> In a message dated 8/27/2007 8:23:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ljackson at gwtc.net writes:
> 
> but I would worry if a
> child at upper levels was guessing.
> 
> 
> Hey Lori, 
> We're friends so I can pick on you! : )
> What is the difference between a "good guess" and a "brilliant miscue?"
> 
> Nancy
> Who often guesses herself.
> 
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