Use
table 1.1, “Summary of Proficient and Less Proficient Reading Behaviors,” to
observe a reader. Highlight the
characteristics you notice and provide an example of what you see.
In my science class this past week, my students have had
many opportunities to read aloud. One
student that I observed as she read is a proficient reader. Science terms, especially those pertaining to
our unit of study on cells, are very specific.
Many words such as mitochondria, chromosomes, and chloroplast are topic
specific words that the students are unfamiliar with. As this student read, I could tell she was
chunking parts of unknown words. This is
a characteristic of a proficient reader because she wasn’t sounding out new
words letter-by-letter. Her reading wasn’t
without miscues, but she did correct those that affected meaning. She would reread a few words or a part of a
sentence until what she was saying made sense to her. As she finished reading the text, she was
able to clearly recall information, showing that she had gained meaning from
the text.
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