Presented by Donna Whytethesmartiezone.com

Instagram/Twitter~@thesmartiezoneAuthor – The Reading Aptitude Continuum

Reading Inventory

• Do you have a favorite book? What is the title?

• How many books do you own?

• Where do you like to read?

• What’s the hardest thing about reading?

• Do you read menus, magazines, cookbooks or comics?

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Assessment

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Rule of Thumb

If a reader, with an introduction and

support, cannot read about 90

percent of the words accurately,

the text is too difficult.

~ Fountas & Pinnell

Reading is NOT a set of Pre-K, K,

1st, 2nd, 3rd , 4th … grade skills –

Reading occurs on a continuum

and classrooms must be built to

assess and teach where each

student is on that continuum.

Copyright 2019 - D. Whyte

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