Week 4 - Assignment 2

Based on the running record, the student has average reading fluency. She paused in many areas and sounded out the words. In a couple of instances, the teacher assisted her to say the words. Her error rate was 25 and self correction rate was 3.6. Her accuracy rate was 95%.

She was able to tell what the passage was about in her own words. She identified that there are similarities and differences between he fish and whales. She mentions that they are born differently. She also states that in terms of size, whales are bigger and fish are smaller. The student recognizes one of the key differences between fish and whale and state that when whales are babies, they drink milk from the mother and later learn to find food on their own. Fish however must find food on their own from the time they hatch. The student includes details from the passage such as both fish and whales have fins and flippers. These statements indicate good comprehension and summarization skills. The student uses appropriate vocabulary from the text and demonstrates a complete understanding of the passage.