Story Structure Match-Up

I need to keep assessing his story structure knowledge and since he consistently forget the problem and result of a story, I figured I would give him some scaffolding as I assessed. We're going to read "Just A Mess" by Mercer Meyer.

He will make predictions about the book and then read it out loud. Instead of doing follow-up comprehension questions, I'll have him match up pieces of the story with the different story structure parts.

Don't mind the fact that the problem is in different font, technical error 

For the specific story cards, I used one real name and a few fake, along with one real setting and a few fake. I also pulled sentences through the story for him to identify as the problem and result.

Just an example of the character cards

I'll cut the cards out so that he can lay them across the table and work on solving which card goes under each story part. He is really good at identifying character and setting so those should be an easy way to start this activity.

Things I'll Assess:

• Making predictions about a book
• Reading fluency
• Story structure knowledge when presented with examples 

"Johnny Appleseed" Reading Fluency Assessment

Reading Fluency/Speed Assessment
I think that my education friends from Whitworth (and my mom) would agree that I have a lot of children's books. I can't help it. I go to a bookstore and just want to get every single one. Plus, my mom saved all my childhood books so that I could use them in my future classroom (too bad the teaching thing didn't pan out Mom). But, I tell you all this because when the idea of Johnny Appleseed popped into my head I clapped my hands and made seal noises. I have the perfect book!

By Jodie Shepherd

I bought "Johnny Appleseed" the semester that I student taught at the school's book fair.

Tangential topic: when I was little the school book fair was the HIGHLIGHT of my life. My mom would take my sister and I and we were allowed to choose a book or two. Seriously, could I have been a nerdier child? Further examples, I also was a diligent follower of a hamster forum and raced imaginary horses online. 

ANYWAY, this book is perfect for my kiddo. Right reading level and a quick & easy overview of Mr. Appleseed. Plus, it works out perfectly because since our session is the night before Johnny Appleseed Day, he can form a schema so that he will be ahead for Wednesday. 

Here is how I am using it: I need to get a timed reading from him. He is pretty alert so I think he would know if I was timing him (which I do not want him to know). Therefore, I will just audio record it and be able to see how long it took him by listening to it after the session.

Things I'll Assess:
1. Speed
2. Continuous voicing
3. Accuracy of using a guess & go strategy
4. Ability to focus for a whole book
5. Comprehension at the end