Progress Monitoring for 2012 – 2013
Frequency:
Red Yellow Green and Blue
Every 10 days Every 20 days Once a quarter
Progress monitoring should only be conducted with F&P running record books or Reading A to Z benchmark
books. Paper records must be kept when using F&P. For Progress Monitoring, using the students instructional reading level complete one probe each PM period (one book). Alternate between fiction and nonfiction titles.
--- materials needed: book and recoding form packet
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Click on the child’s name on your class list
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Click on the Progress Monitoring tab (graph)
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In the drop-down box, select TRC and click Start
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On the screen where you select a book, click on Add New Book
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Add in the title using the keyboard
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If the selection is fiction, make sure the box is checked. If it is nonfiction, uncheck the box.
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Click Done, Begin
Have the book and running record in front of you. When the child begins reading, click on Start Timed
Administration.
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When the child is finished reading, click Done to stop the timer.
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The total number of words are on the cover of the book (RW). Click in the box for total words and enter the number. Click Done.
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Enter the number of errors and self-corrects in those boxes. Then click Done.
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Have the child answer the written comprehension question for the selection.
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For Oral Comprehension questions, you must select 4 from those supplied on the running record.
 The Literal questions are from “Within the Text”.
 The Inference and Critical questions, are from “Beyond the Text”.
 The Creative question can come from “About the Text”.
 For each one, rate their answers from 1-4, with 1 being the lowest.
--- materials needed: books and comprehension quick check sheet
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Click on the child’s name on your class list
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Click on the Progress Monitoring tab (graph)
In the drop-down box, select TRC and click Start
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On the screen where you select a book, click on the level and book title you are using
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Click Done, Begin
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You will give the student the book. Click on Start Untimed Administration, click and hold the first word the child says or the page number you would like to begin coding. Mark the students reading errors/self corrects on the iPad.
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When the child is finished reading, click Done.
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On the next screen click oral comprehension.
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For Oral Comprehension questions, use the Comprehension Quick Check questions
 The Literal questions are your Text Based questions.
 The Inference questions are your Inference questions.
 The Critical Response questions are your Critical questions.
 The Creative questions should be asked from the list of ABOUT THE TEXT questions below.

Thinking Within the Text
What was the problem in the story?
What did _____ do to solve the problem?
What happened in the story? How did the story end?
Thinking Beyond the Text
Tell me some ways ___and ___ are alike/different.
Tell me how ____ felt when ___. Why?
Why is it important for___?
How does ____ change?
What does ___ learn?
How do you think ____ felt when (or about) _____?
Why do you think _____? Can you give an example from the book?
Make a prediction about ____. How do you know something is going to happen here?
What does the writer say that makes you think that?
What is a question you still have about ____?
What lesson did ____ learn?
What was the value of ____ to _____?
Thinking About the Text
Is this a good title for this story? Why (not)?
What makes the title, ____ a good one for this book?
What did ____ learn? How do you know this?
Why do you think the writer said ____?
What did the writer mean by ______?
How did the writer help you understand _____?
How did the writer make this book interesting?
What is the significance of___?
Why do you think the writer wrote this book in 1st (or 3rd) person?
What genre did the writer use? What makes you think that?
Look at the way the writer ended the book. Do you think this is a good way to end? Why or why not?
Give an example of a description the writer used to show what ____ was like.
What was the most important part of the story and why?
Find the part in the story where _____.
What did the writer mean when s/he said _____?
What was the writer’s message?
The writer used specific words/phrases to describe _____. Can you give examples?
How did the writer let you know that something exciting was going to happen
(foreshadowing)? Find examples from the text.
Look back at the text and find some powerful descriptive words. Explain what they mean.

Explain what you learned in this book. What did you learn about ____?
What were some important facts about ____ in this book?
What information did you learn from the (chart, map, label, graph, photo, drawing, glossary)?
What kind of information does it give you?
Tell me some ways ___and ___ are alike/different.
Why is ___ important?
How does ____ change?
Why do you think _____? Can you give an example from the book?
What does the writer say that makes you think that?
What is a question you still have about ____?
What was the value of ____ to _____?
Is this a good title for this story? Why (not)? or What makes the title, ____ a good one for this book?
Why do you think the writer said ____?
What did the writer mean by ______?
Show the sections of the book and tell the kind of information in each section.
How does the heading help you read the book?
How did the writer help you understand _____?
How did the writer make this book interesting?
Look at the way the writer began the book. What did the writer do to get you interested in the topic?
What side do you think the writer is on? Why?
What is the significance of___?
Why do you think the writer wrote this book in 1 st
(or 3 rd
) person?
What genre did the writer use? What makes you think that?
Give an example of a description the writer used to show what ____ was like.
What was the most important part of the story and why?
Find the part in the text where _____.
What did the writer mean when s/he said _____?
What was the writer’s message?
The writer used specific words/phrases to describe _____. Can you give examples?
Look back at the text and find some powerful descriptive words. Explain what they mean.