ASSESSING AND TEACHING READING COMP. AND PRE-WRITING, K-3, Vol. 1 (Assessing & Teaching: Reading Comprehension & Pre-Writing)

The performance tasks in this book are linked directly to instructional strategies and include holistic rubrics, analytic rubrics, and assessment lists. They can be photocopied and distributed to your students.

Together with its companions, ASSESSING AND TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AND PRE-WRITING, K-3, Vol 1, ASSESSING AND TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AND PRE-WRITING, 3-5, Vol 3, ASSESSING AND TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING, 3-5, Vol 4, these books will help your K - 5 students develop their abilities to:
- read fiction and non-fiction.
- use thinking skills describe, sequence, infer, compare, judge, contrast, predict ... & more).
- show comprehension (through drawing, retelling, putting information into graphic organizers ... & more).
- write sentences, narrative paragraphs, expository paragraphs, multi-paragraph stories and expository pieces.
- learn how to assess their own work and improve their own performance.

Included in this series are 98 performance tasks, 196 assessment lists, 18 holistic rubrics, 30 analytic rubrics, 88 graphic organizers
-- all of which support the development of reading comprehension as defined by the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) and is in line with the objectives of the "No Child Left Behind" legislation.

Over 100 children's books are referenced including those leveled by the Fountas and Pinnell System.