Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties - Modules 5-8 (Section 2)
Audience: Educators, Other District/School Staff | Topic: Special Education | Hosted by: Office of Special Education
Requirement for School / District Staff: N/A
On-Demand format
In Modules 5-8, the Simple View of Reading is revisited focusing on reading comprehension. Learners will determine if reading comprehension problems are a result of word-reading problems, language problems, or both. Critical skills needed for language comprehension are presented, as well as the situation model and its effects on reading comprehension. Intervention-oriented assessment is described and defined. Phonological skills and assessment of phonological skills are presented. Letter-sound skills and phonics skills are assessed using nonsense word reading. Assessments for reading identification, word recognition, and reading fluency are described.
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Module 5 - Reading, Comprehension
Module 5 is comprised of two sessions.
Watch Module 5 Videos - (26 Min)
Module 5.1 - The Simple View of Reading
and Reading Comprehension - (13 Min)
Module 5.2 Skills Required for Language
Comprehension and Reading Comprehension (12.5 Min)
Module 5 Key Takeaways
Module 5 Reflection Questions
- What has been your understanding of reading comprehension difficulties? How, if at all, does the Simple View clarify your understanding?
- How might a teacher promote the critical skills of reading comprehension across content areas?
Module 6 - Introduction to Reading Assessment; Assessing Phonological Skills
Module 6 is comprised of three sessions.
Watch Module 6.1 videos - (48 Min)
Module 6.1 - Introduction to Intervention-
Oriented Assessment - (16 Min)
Module 6.2 - Issues in assessing
Phonological Skills - (16 Min)
Module 6.3 - Phonological Awareness
and Blending Assessment- (16 Min)
Module 6 Key Takeaways
Module 6 Reflection Questions
- What might you need to consider adjusting your assessment practices to become “intervention oriented”?
- How might you design a battery that includes the assessment of phonological skills?
- How have you been assessing phonemic blending and analysis? If you haven’t, what might you do differently?
Module 7 - Assessing Letter-Sound Skills and Phonics Skills
Module 7 is comprised of one session.
Watch Module 7 video - (14 Min)
Module 7.1 -
Assessing Letter-Sound Skills
and Phonics Skills - (14 Min)
Module 7 Key Takeaways
Module 7 Reflection Question
- How have you used nonsense word reading subtests? Is there anything you might now do differently?
Module 8 - Accessing Word Identification and Word Recognition
Module 8 is comprised of two sessions.
Watch Module 8 Videos - (22 Min)
Module 8.1 - Assessing Word Identification
and Word Recognition- (12 Min)
Module 8 Key Takeaways
Module 8 Reflection Questions
- How might the ability to distinguish between word recognition and word identification help you to assess for reading difficulties?
- What type of reading fluency tests have you used? How have you interpreted them?
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Emily Ottinger[email protected]
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