Reading Status

Today I am posting a reading status sheet. The premise behind this sheet is meant for teachers who follow the reading conference philosophy and meet with students one-on-one. In my classroom, the students meet with me one-on-one and we conference OR if I'm noticing a particular problem with a group I meet with several at a time to work on a skill.  On this sheet there are columns that suit my classroom and things I want to know. I really want them to focus on sight words because this is often a big hang up for my students. I record the sight words from the books they are reading on this sheet and in their planners so that they can quickly practice them at home. My leveled readers have the Lexile level on the back so that I can quickly record that too. In kindergarten, I am looking for them to be reading between 250 and 300. If they are above 300 consistently I consider them advanced. If they are not reading at all, I consider them behind. I also take into consideration other factors like phonemic awareness, phonics, and comprehension skills to help me determine what we should work on when they meet with me. The word "read?" allows me to mark how many times they have read that particular book to me so I can see growth. "%" is my best guess at where they are reading with % accuracy. You could do word count and divide and all that but I just "ear it" (like eyeball it but with your ears- just listen to how they read people!) , if they are needing a lot of support from me I mark them below an 80%, if they can't read it at all- below a 0%. If they are doing pretty well I mark them 80%-99%. If they ace it, I give them a 100%. This is something that lets me quickly determine what my kiddos should be working on. Hope someone out their can use it! Happy Reading!

Reading Status Sheet!