Assessment That Drives
Instruction
To scaffold the process of learning to read, teachers must recognize the characteristics and behaviors of good readers and foster them in all of their students.
v Good
readers select appropriately leveled reading materials and continue to improve
as readers each time they read.
v Good
readers read and sustain their reading for longer periods of time---So….give
them more time to read.
v Good
readers preview a book before reading it and predict what might happen, or
identify topics included in nonfiction texts.
v Good
readers read aloud quickly and smoothly.
v Good
readers use a variety of strategies.
v Good reader
read for meaning.
v Good
readers read and function within a literacy community.