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RDG 4250 Checklist of assignments which earn points toward the final course grade:

Due dates for current semester are listed on Home Page.

Week 1:  18 points possible

Topics:   Succeed to Read, Review of Background Information, Introduction to "Metacognition"  Post any questions you have on the Forum. 

1.  _____ E-mail:   One paragraph written response on the Forum to the article, "Succeed to Read"  (Succeed to Read), 5 points possible

2.  _____  E-mail answers to the four questions related to the article "Failure Syndrome Students."   (Metacognition, Assign. #2),  8 points possible

3.  _____  E-Mail  your Reading Response Report on the article "When Students Do Not Feel Motivated for Literacy Learning," Metacognition, Assignment #3),  5 points possible

Week 2:  33 points possible

Topic:  Metacognition   Post any questions you have on the Forum. 

4.  _____  E-mail your numbered list identifying the text structure of the 7 passages (Metacognition, Assignment #4), 14 points possible

5.  _____  Forum:    Respond on the Forum to the question on self questioning.  The question is in Assignment #5.  (Metacognition, Assignment #5),  5 points possible

6._____  E-mail your numbered list identifying each question as "Right There," "Think and Search," or "On Your Own."  (Metacognition, Assignment #7), 14 points possible

Week 3:  25 points possible

Topic:  Metacognition  Post any questions you have on the Forum.

7. _____ Mail or turn in your completed sample of a strategy poster.  (Metacognition, Assignment #11)  25 points possible

Week 4:  27 points possible

Topic:  Assessment and Evaluation  Post any questions you have on the Forum.

8.  _____ E-mail your response to the item in Assignment #3 related to the article and the Power Point. Assessment and Evaluation, Assignment #3),  5 points possible 

9.  _____  E-mail the answers to the 11 questions in assignment #6 to your instructor when you have finished reading and studying the information in the two Power Point presentations titled "Assessment and Evaluation of Literacy" and "Informal Reading Inventory."   (Assessment and Evaluation, Assignment #6), 22 points

Week 5:  15 points possible

Topic:  QRI-3  Post any questions you have on the Forum.

10. _____  E-mail the completed worksheet titled "Practice with Word Lists."  (QRI, Part 2, Learning About the QRI, Word Lists, pp. 36-43), 15 points possible

Week 6:  15 points possible

Topic:  QRI-3  Post any questions you have on the Forum.

11.  _____  E-mail the completed worksheet titled "Administering and Scoring the Passages" after carefully reading and studying the course information, (QRI-3, Part 2, Learning About the QRI, Administration and Scoring, Word Identification in Context:  Oral Reading, pp 59-68), 15 points possible

Week 7:  5 points possible

Topic:  QRI  Post any questions you have on the Forum.

12.  _____  Forum:  After you have practiced coding oral miscues, write a summary on the Forum of how you practiced and how much you practiced the "shorthand" coding system for coding oral miscues.  (QRI, Part 3, Prepare for and Practice the Administration of a QRI) 5 points possible

Week 8:  68 points possible

Topic:  QRI  Post any questions you have on the Forum.  

13.  _____ E-mail or turn in the answers to "Test #1, RDG 4250, QRI."  (QRI, Part 5), 68  points possible 

Week 9:  44 points possible

Topic:   Administering and summarizing the results of a QRI given to a student in the field 
            
14.  _____  Submit all of the photocopies of forms you used and the completed QRI Summary Worksheet" showing the results of administering the QRI to a student in the field.  (QRI, Part 6, Administering the QRI to a student in the field.), 44 points possible  

Week 10:  60 points possible

Modified Miscue Analysis   Post any questions you have on the Forum. 

15.  _____   E-mail or turn in the completed test on modified miscue analysis. (Test #2)  (Modified Miscue Analysis, Assignment #3), 60 points possible

Week 11:  27 points possible

Topic:  Modified Miscue Analysis   Post any questions you have on the Forum.  

16.  _____  Submit all of the work related to the modified miscue analysis you administered to a student in the field.  (Modified Miscue Analysis, Assignment #4)  Material to send to the instructor include  the text where you have coded the oral reading miscues, the worksheet where you analyzed the miscues, and a completed  "Modified Miscue Analysis Report."  27 points possible 

Week 12:  22 points possible

Topic:  Running Record  Post any questions you have on the Forum.  

17.  _____   E-mail the answers to Test #3:   Running Records.  (Running Record, Assignment #2), 22 points possible

Week 13:  30 points possible

Topic:  Administer, evaluate the results, and write a report on a running record giving to a student in the field.

18.  _____  E-mail the paper where you recorded oral miscues, the analysis of miscues sheet, and a completed "Running Record Report."  (Running Record, Assignments #3 and #4),  30 points possible

Week 14:  80 points possible

Topics:  Guided Reading and Components of a One-Hour Tutoring Session Post any questions you have on the Forum..  

19.  _____  E-mail the bibliographic information about the book you selected and  the list of Colorado Model Content Standards  and  Teacher Performance Standards  you identified.   (Guided Reading,  Assignments #1 and #2), 10  points possible on the two sets of standards (5 points for each of the sets of standards)

20.  _____ Submit the detailed guided reading lesson plan.  (Guided Reading, Assignment  #4), 42 points possible on the guided reading lesson plan.

21.  _____ E-mail or turn in the answers to the 14 items in Guided Reading, Assignment #6.  28 points possible.

Week 15:  13 points possible

Topic:  Components of a One-Hour Tutoring Session  and Use of Technology to Enhance Instruction  Post any questions you have on the Forum.  

22.  _____  E-mail a Reading Response Report related to the article:  "Reading Recovery."  (Components of a One-Hour Tutoring Session, Assignment #1) 5 points possible

23.  _____  Submit the following two assignment products:  1)  Internet materials  (minimum of 3) that could be used to enhance vocabulary and concepts in the non-fiction book or article you selected ; and,  2)  a copy of the material which includes the words and concepts you identified as difficult (Components of a One-Hour Tutoring Session, Assignment #4), 8 points possible 

 

Week 16: 15 points possible

Topic:  Components of a One-Hour Tutoring Session Post any questions you have on the Forum.  

24.  _____ E-mail or turn in the "just-for-fun" activity which you found or developed using the Internet.  The activity must relate to the nonfiction selection you used for guided reading.  (Components of a One-Hour Tutoring Session, Assignment #5,  5 points

25.  _____   E-mail your instructor the list of  Colorado Model Content Standards  and  Teacher Performance Standards  you identified. for the analytical skill lesson.    (Components of a One-Hour Tutoring Session, Assignment #6), 10  points possible

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