Chapter Title: Observing Reading Behaviors

Presenters: Silvia Macias, Graciela Montes, Amanda Smith, and Sofa Bravo
Description of presentation (brief summary of the chapter plus activities
used from appendixes and/or Already Ready book). Please, include at least
one photo/video.
Assessment is a daily basis activity. This could be formal or informal.
Observing our children is important as part of our job. Through observation
we are able to assess childrens learning. The book mentions your best tools
are your own eyes and ears. In order to see evidence, children should be
exposed in different literacy activities.
This chapter offers some systematic assessments that could be used through
out the year during different activities such as Interactive Read-Aloud,
Shared Reading, and Independent Book Experiences.
Evidence (minutes in a bullet form from the feedback meeting where each
teacher shared how they applied the chapters content.)
Nursery 1
INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD
o Children got engaged with a book and after feeling comfortable they
interacted by reading aloud to their friends.
Nursery 2
o Identify and point to the title, the illustration, and the authors name on
a book cover before starting to read a book.
o Retell a story using language from the book.
o Locate known letters in the text (a word on the board or the text in a
book).
Nursery 3
o Helpers: notice initial and start adding up the following letters to
distinguish between names: Alexa vs Aranza vs Andres.
o Imagine we read (they are actually starting to) by using a pointer and
following along a book (big book) On Top Of Spaghetti.
o Emphasize left to right when writing and reading.
o Children know certain text of books and repeat with teacher in read
aloud.
o Children respond and make appropriate comments about reading.
o Retell the story spontaneously.
o Children use and interact with books appropriately (beginning of the
year emphasis.)
o Book elements (title, author, cover) mentioned.