[MOSAIC] Student Struggling with Comp.

[Ljackson]

Setting aside my DIBELS issues, and focusing on the DRA, it would seem that she has the ability to comprehend written text and that her issue is more a listening comprehension skill.  Does that seem about right to you?  If she can pass that fourth grade level DRA, I am thinking it is not fair to label her as non-comprehending.  I would look specifically at the rubric scores and think about conferring with her over these scores.  You may want to look at the first level she 'failed', and begin to talk about one issue or two issues at a time.  Does she understand how to describe characters, identify character traits and infer character motivation, as an example.

Lori


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From: K Dombroske <kdombroske at twcny.rr.com>
To: mosaic at literacyworkshop.org
Date: Sunday, 2008, 10 Of February 12:20
Subject: [MOSAIC] Student Struggling with Comp.

> I am a regular ed teacher in an inclusion class with  very "developmentally diverse" students.  I read this term in someone's posting and I really like it.  It explains how I have students at various levels in term of decoding and comprehension.  My coteacher and I, both 2nd yr teachers, are really perplexed with one of our 6th grade students.  She can decode at the fourth grade level, using DIBELS and DRA assessments, but is comprehending very little of what she reads or what she listens to read aloud.  We really have not found anything that has helped her improve her comprehension.  While I do not work with her in reading in small groups I would like to come up with a plan to use with this student.  Any suggestions of where to start?  I was thinking of trying Ellin Keene's MPIR assessment, but is that necessary since we already know she is not comprehending much?  We do have a TA who we could possibly use to work with the student one on one.  Thanks for any suggestions.  ~Kecia, 6th gr
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