Comments - Authentic Nonfiction Assessment - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T14:06:30Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=649749%3ABlogPost%3A194048&xn_auth=noHi,
Please consider the follo…tag:www.classroom20.com,2011-07-11:649749:Comment:6760932011-07-11T19:03:25.379ZAnthony Manzohttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AnthonyManzo
<p><b><i>Hi,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Please consider the following thoughts and cutting edge assessment options for promoting Higher-Order Literacy - The obsession with word analysis and “fluency” at the elementary school level seriously needs to be rethought by those who are carefully tracking oral reading “miscues.” Try <u>the Informal Reading-Thinking Inventory (Manzo/Manzo/McKenna, 1995, 2004</u>) it is, to my knowledge, the only informal assessment that measures 3 levels of Comprehension…</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Hi,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Please consider the following thoughts and cutting edge assessment options for promoting Higher-Order Literacy - The obsession with word analysis and “fluency” at the elementary school level seriously needs to be rethought by those who are carefully tracking oral reading “miscues.” Try <u>the Informal Reading-Thinking Inventory (Manzo/Manzo/McKenna, 1995, 2004</u>) it is, to my knowledge, the only informal assessment that measures 3 levels of Comprehension (reading the lines, between the lines and beyond the lines) as well as several critical aspects of cognitive development. It also provides a rubric for an Informal Writing Inventory. The fundamental idea behind the instrument is to help teachers to internalize the question and discussion types that promote higher-order literacy as part of regular classroom teaching. This informal inventory addresses the most difficult issue in contemporary education, namely the wall that students hit in comprehension growth at about 4<sup>th</sup> – 5<sup>th</sup> grade levels. If we don’t measure the right things we won’t do the right things.</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>(For more information see: Manzo/Manzo/Albee (2004<u>) Reading Assessment for Diagnostic-Prescriptive Teaching)</u></i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Best,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i> Tony Manzo, Emeritus Professor</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>& Dir. Ctr. For Studies in Higher Order Literacy,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>U. of Missouri-KC (Current: Lecturer: CAL State U. – Fullerton)</i></b></p> Mobbsey--use, improve, share…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-10-01:649749:Comment:1947912008-10-01T01:20:35.786ZMichelle TeGrootenhuishttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MichelleTeGrootenhuisakaMrsTG
Mobbsey--use, improve, share as you please. Just keep in mind that Dave Middlebrook of <a href="http://www.textmapping.org">www.textmapping.org</a> is responsible for the "seed" of this idea. Check out his site!<br />
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Melanie, my Hawaiin friend, I HOPE to visit your classroom someday. :-) I'm SURE I would learn a LOT! I have essential questions for other reading strategies. Maybe we'll make a new forum on our reading teachers group page for that.<br />
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Sarah--EXCELLENT point on the reading ONLINE thing.…
Mobbsey--use, improve, share as you please. Just keep in mind that Dave Middlebrook of <a href="http://www.textmapping.org">www.textmapping.org</a> is responsible for the "seed" of this idea. Check out his site!<br />
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Melanie, my Hawaiin friend, I HOPE to visit your classroom someday. :-) I'm SURE I would learn a LOT! I have essential questions for other reading strategies. Maybe we'll make a new forum on our reading teachers group page for that.<br />
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Sarah--EXCELLENT point on the reading ONLINE thing. I was just talking with my students today about how they all just look at the pictures and read a few captions. I REALLY need to develop a WHOLE unit on SEARCHING, reading, and EVALUATING online material. I hope someone responds to these comments if they have such a unit and would be willing to share. Fantastic! I do similar work,…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-10-01:649749:Comment:1947752008-10-01T00:43:10.603ZSarah Hanawaldhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/SarahHanawald
Fantastic! I do similar work, but I use magazine articles. I want to incorporate books like you do. I've been trying to figure out how to use Diigo/education to accomplish some of what I do with non-fiction reading. I do believe that reading electronic text is a specific skill that needs teaching. Has anyone tried this?
Fantastic! I do similar work, but I use magazine articles. I want to incorporate books like you do. I've been trying to figure out how to use Diigo/education to accomplish some of what I do with non-fiction reading. I do believe that reading electronic text is a specific skill that needs teaching. Has anyone tried this? Love this! We use the Nationa…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-09-29:649749:Comment:1940902008-09-29T06:50:46.348ZMelaniehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Melanie95
Love this! We use the National Geographic magazines for a similar activity. We order 2 levels (Pathfinder and Pioneer), so the students have the same articles, same text features, but the content is simplified for one level, and all can participate in follow up discussions. I'll have to add your 3 essential questions to the activity. That will help to bump it up a notch. Thank you for sharing!
Love this! We use the National Geographic magazines for a similar activity. We order 2 levels (Pathfinder and Pioneer), so the students have the same articles, same text features, but the content is simplified for one level, and all can participate in follow up discussions. I'll have to add your 3 essential questions to the activity. That will help to bump it up a notch. Thank you for sharing! This is a fabulous task! I ho…tag:www.classroom20.com,2008-09-29:649749:Comment:1940752008-09-29T04:18:12.503ZMobbseyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/Mobbsey
This is a fabulous task! I hope you don't mind me sharing with my colleagues working on a similar unit? :)
This is a fabulous task! I hope you don't mind me sharing with my colleagues working on a similar unit? :)