Assessing and Teaching Reading Composition and Pre-Writing, K-3, Vol. 1

1 A Roadmap to This Book; Topics In This Chapter; A Graphic Overview of This Book; Organization of Each Chapter; Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing; 2 Teaching and Assessing Classroom Behavior, Work Habits, and Cooperative Group Learning Skills; Topics In This Chapter; Begin the Acts of Self-Reflection and Self-Regulation through Focusing on Student Behaviors in the Classroom; A Sequence of Steps to Use Performance Assessment to Improve Student Performance; Use “T” Charts to Identify Specific, Observable Behaviors to Assess; Creating Analytic Rubrics; Using Analytic Rubrics; Creating Assessment Lists from Analytic Rubrics and T Charts; Strategy of Creating Assessment Lists; Summary of the Steps in Creating an Assessment List; Formats for Assessment Lists; Using Assessment Lists; Using Models Of Desired Behaviors; Setting Goals (Standards of Performance) for Student Performance Regarding Desired Behaviors; Mantra of Self-Reflection: What?—So What?—Now What?; Differentiating Instruction and Assessment; The Long-Term Goal Regarding Using Assessment Lists; Glossary Of Terms; 3 Teaching and Assessing Reading Comprehension Through Teacher-Led Discussions in Various Types of Reading Groups; Topics in This Chapter; Levels of Reading Comprehension; Generating Questions Based on the Levels of Understanding for Use During Group Reading Activities; Using “T” Charts to Generate Ideas to Assess Student Comprehension During Reading Group Activities; Making Assessment Lists for Reading Comprehension from “T” Charts; Sample Sentence Strip Assessment Items Regarding Comprehension of the Information in a Story; Sample Sentence Strip Assessment Items Regarding Concepts of Print, Cueing Systems and Behavior; Strategies for Using Assessment Items in Sentence Strips During Group Reading Activities; Glossary of Terms; References; 4 Teaching and Assessing Reading Comprehension of Fiction Through Drawing; Topics in This .../part contents