Fountas and Pinnell Balanced Assessment System (BAS)•Three times a year, LWE students are assessed using the BAS
•The BAS is a one-on-one assessment during which students read aloud from a text and respond to corresponding comprehension questions. •The BAS determines a student’s instructional reading level •Two components are used to determine a student’s instructional reading level: accuracy and comprehension •This information helps the teachers to select books to read with students during reading groups |
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Text Structures
Answers for the Text Structure Practice Page:
1. Compare/Contrast - Signal words: common, differences, however 2. Chronological Order - Signal words: years of events in order 3. Cause/Effect - Signal words: reason, effects 4. Problem/Solution - Signal words: people getting hurt (problem), saved lives (solution) 5. Description - Signal words: lots of descriptive details about butterflies 6. Sequence - Signal words: first, after, until, next, last **Note, we use chronological order and sequence interchangeably at this point. The following chart illustrates the five text structures that we teach, a description of each, key words that can be found in each, and the graphic organizer we use to take notes for that structure. |
Additional Reading Resources
Text Structures
https://www.k12reader.com/subject/reading-skills/cause-and-effect/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kWGQ-_ipBY&t=2s
Text Features
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAl9QMJJTo
Main Idea
https://www.k12reader.com/subject/reading-skills/main-idea-worksheets/
https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/
https://www.k12reader.com/subject/reading-skills/cause-and-effect/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kWGQ-_ipBY&t=2s
Text Features
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mAl9QMJJTo
Main Idea
https://www.k12reader.com/subject/reading-skills/main-idea-worksheets/
https://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/