Passage Reading Fluency Subtest: Grade 7 BOY Examiner s Packet

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1 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (1 of 20) Passage Reading Fluency Subtest: Grade 7 BOY Examiner s Packet 7th Grade Passages Beginning of Year (BOY) Examiner Packet Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Laura A Wonderful Friendship Spreading Wildflowers Directions Passage 1 I want you to read this passage out loud and do your best reading. If you get stuck come to a wd you cannot read, I will tell you the wd so you can keep reading. When I say Stop, I will ask you to tell me about what you read. Do you understand?... Okay, you will begin as soon as I turn the page. Read the title of the passage. Start timing when the student says the first wd. As he she is reading, mark any wds increct that are misread (i.e., substitutions, omissions, reversals, skips, numerals read increctly). If the student hesitates f me than 3 seconds on a wd, mark it as an err. Provide the wd and then say, Go on. If the student skips a line, stop and redirect the student to the beginning of the line. Count the first wd of the line as an err. Do not stop the timer. After 60 seconds, say, Stop. Circle the last wd read. If the student finishes all the wds befe the time is up, note the time required to read all the wds. COMPREHENSION RETELL: Give the initial retell prompt: Can you tell me everything you remember reading in the passage? Each time the student pauses, use the follow-up prompt ( Do you remember anything else? ) until the student can recall no other infmation. Passages 2 & 3 Now try this passage: (Title). Ready?... Begin. Follow guidelines listed above. Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System These materials are copyrighted by and are the property of the Texas Education Agency, the University of Houston, and The University of Texas System and may not be reproduced without their written permission, except by Texas public school educats in Texas under the following conditions: 1. any ption reproduced will be used exclusively f nonprofit educational purposes; 2. any ption reproduced will be reproduced in its entirety and remain unedited, unaltered, and unchanged in any way; and 3. no monetary charge is made f the reproduced materials any document containing them; however, a reasonable charge to cover only the cost of reproduction and distribution may be charged. 1 of 20

2 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (2 of 20) Recd et: Passage Reading Fluency Student Name Joe Sample Date 9/2/10 Gender M Examiner (and Title) Patricia Professional, teacher School Texas MS Grade 7 Passage 1 Laura Last wd read again Wd number 123 Time in seconds 60 Number of errs Number of wds read crectly (60 x ) = Wds crect per minute (WCPM) EQUATED SCORE 114 Comprehension Retell About um a girl that were they moved where the father gets a job. Then they move to Kansas, but I don t know where, and they had another girl. And when Laura was 13, they moved back to oh Wisconsee. And uh Carol was another was a young auth. Recalled idea units Maximum possible idea units = PASSAGE RETELL SCORE Passage 2 A Wonderful Friendship Last wd read Time in seconds Comprehension Retell Bell Wd number Number of errs 11 Number of wds read crectly 130 (60 x ) = WCPM 130 EQUATED SCORE This young girl couldn t hear, and they went to this scientist who helped her to see if she could talk hear. And she couldn t even talk, and he might do sign language. Recalled idea units Maximum possible idea units = PASSAGE RETELL SCORE Scing continues on the next page. 2 of 20

3 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (3 of 20) Recd et: Passage Reading Fluency (cont.) Student Name Joe Sample Passage 3 Spreading Wildflowers Last wd read Time in seconds Comprehension Retell President Wd number Number of errs 15 Number of wds read crectly 126 (60 x ) = WCPM 126 EQUATED SCORE This girl named Claudia was bn in 1972, I think, and she was like...she liked the flowers. And they were waiting f the flowers to grow, and some people wanted to mow it. Recalled idea units Maximum possible idea units = PASSAGE RETELL SCORE Total equated sces (add all Divide by 3 f AVERAGE EQUATED SCORE s) Total passage retell sces (add all Divide by 3 f AVERAGE RETELL SCORE s) 3 of 20

4 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (4 of 20) Laura Lexile: 600 7th Grade BOY #1 Source: TPRI Laura Ingalls Wilder is a famous auth. wrote children s books about pioneer life in the late 19th Century. Laura was bn in 1867 in a log house in Wisconsin. was the second daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. Laura had an older sister named Mary. were very close. The Ingalls family moved frequently. went wherever their father could find a job. Shtly after Laura s birth, the family moved to Missouri. A few years later, they moved to Kansas to start their own farm. A third daughter, Carrie, was bn there. When Laura was 13, they left Kansas and returned to Wisconsin to be near family The girls were happy to be there, but their father longed to farm again. So, four years later, in 1874, the family moved to Walnut Grove, Minnesota. built a house and farmed the land. The three girls had many adventures there. But the family suffered many tragedies as well. During their first year there, Charles had grown a good wheat crop. It was destroyed by grasshoppers. This was repeated the next year as well. The family was blessed by a baby boy in 1875, but he died of an illness at only 9 months. The family suffered yet another tragedy when Mary lost her eyesight as a result of a stroke. That same year, Charles took a job with the railroad. moved to De Smet in the Dakota Territies. When the railroad job was finished, they acquired some land. He began to farm again. A harsh winter made farming difficult that first year. But they persevered and were able to save enough money to send Mary to a school f the blind When Laura was 15, she earned her teaching certificate. began teaching at a small school several miles from her home. It was at this time that she met a farmer named Almanzo Wilder. married three years later. had a healthy baby girl named Rose. had many misftunes as well, however. Severe stms ruined their crops. This fced them into debt. Almanzo wked hard in the fields, but he got sick and became crippled. During this time, Laura was pregnant with their second child. He died shtly after birth, unnamed. Soon after, their house burned down when something in the kitchen caught fire The family then moved to Flida, where the warm conditions improved Almanzo s health. eventually returned to De Smet. But, in 1894, they relocated to Missouri. Here they would spend the rest of their lives. bought a farm there and prospered Laura was a great styteller. Her daughter Rose convinced her to write her sties so that other children could enjoy them too. Laura did so. In all, she wrote seven children s books. These comprised her Little House series. have been widely read and admired. and Almanzo Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 4 of 20

5 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (5 of 20) spent the rest of their lives at their Missouri farm. Laura died in 1957, at the age of 90. Their farm is now open f people to visit. Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 5 of 20

6 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (6 of 20) A Wonderful Friendship TCLD Title: A Wonderful Friendship Lexile: 800 7th Grade BOY #2 Source: TAAS Helen Keller was a young girl who couldn t see hear. Alexander Graham Bell was the famous scientist who invented the telephone. These two famous people not only knew each other, but together they also opened up new wlds of conversation Helen Keller was bn in When she was a baby, she lost her sight and hearing. Because of her inability to hear, she did not learn how to speak. Even so, it was clear that she was an intelligent child and was eager to learn. Keller s family did everything they could to find a way to educate her When Helen Keller was six years old, her parents took her to see Alexander Graham Bell. He was well known f his inventions. He was also a teacher of deaf people. He considered teaching to be his most imptant wk Bell recognized Keller s intelligence. At his suggestion her parents hired a private teacher named Anne Sullivan. wked with Keller every day. Through her persistence Sullivan was able to teach Keller wds and their meanings. With a great deal of constant wk, Sullivan taught Keller how to read and write. One of the first letters Keller wrote was to Bell Bell encouraged Keller to learn as much as she could. Sometimes they would go on rides visit the zoo. also shared a love of books. Bell would tell her sties by using his fingers to spell the letters of wds in her hand One day Bell told Keller about his invention called the telephone. He explained how it was enriching lives. People all over the wld benefited by being able to talk to each other when they were in separate places. Although Keller could not use the phone without help, she understood that it was imptant Bell opened a school f deaf students and fmed an infmation center to help people understand the needs and abilities of deaf people. Keller was very interested in Bell s wk with deaf children Keller had wked hard and set goals f herself. Because she wanted to help Bell by telling other people about his wk, she decided to take lessons to learn to speak. When she felt comftable speaking in public, she gave a speech at Bell s infmation center. told the audience how happy she was to be able to speak to them about Bell s wk with deaf people. Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 6 of 20

7 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (7 of 20) Bell s invention of the telephone helped hearing people talk to each other. His teaching helped deaf people talk to each other and to the hearing wld. His suppt and instruction helped Keller express herself by writing and even speaking. Helen Keller went on to finish college and became a well-known writer When she wrote a book about her life, Helen Keller dedicated it to Alexander Graham Bell. This was a symbol of their lasting friendship. Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 7 of 20

8 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (8 of 20) Spreading Wildflowers TCLD Title: Spreading Wildflowers Lexile: 910 7th Grade BOY #3 Source: TAAS Claudia Tayl was bn in Karnack, Texas, in As a young child she was given the nickname Lady Bird. grew up in the country, and it was there that her lifelong love of nature began. Throughout her childhood and adult years, she has enjoyed being outdos, looking f the beautiful flowers that grow naturally in open fields In 1929 the state of Texas started a wildflower program. The highway department waited f the flowers to go to seed befe they were mowed. Then the seeds would spread and grow into plants the next year. Lady Bird enjoyed expling the countryside in search of different wildflowers. continued to do so after moving to Austin in 1930 to attend the University of Texas. Four years later Lady Bird married Lyndon B. Johnson In 1964 Lyndon Johnson was running f President of the United States. As he and his wife traveled around the country, Lady Bird saw beauty as well as blight. Some areas suffered from neglect and ugliness. When Lady Bird s husband won the election, she wanted to do something to make the nation s capital look me beautiful. The following year she found a way to do that Lady Bird helped set up the Committee f a Me Beautiful Capital. was chosen to head the group of volunteers. met once a month at the White House to discuss ideas and make plans. decided their program could be successful only if people in the community were willing to get involved. To attract attention, volunteers planted flowers around the city in hundreds of places that many people passed each day. encouraged businesses to plant grass, shrubs, and flowers. ganized cleanups and fix-up projects in neighbhoods. also tried to improve school yards and playgrounds. The committee gave awards each year to neighbhoods, businesses, and public spaces The ideas of the committee quickly spread across the country. Some states began setting up their own programs to preserve flowers and to plant new ones. Thanks to Lady Bird, many of these programs included wildflowers. In the state of Texas, people continued to strengthen the program that had been adopted almost 40 years befe the committee began its wk The Johnsons returned to Texas in Lady Bird wanted to do something to encourage me people to plant wildflowers. knew that little was known about growing these flowers in gardens and that me research needed to be done. Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 8 of 20

9 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (9 of 20) In 1970 Lady Bird began a project to make the city of Austin me lovely. A variety of colful flowers and trees were planted along the banks of a maj river. Trails f hiking and biking were also added. This project helped inspire the idea f building a center f studying native plants. In 1982 Lady Bird gave a large sum of money and 60 acres of land near Austin to build the National Wildflower Research Center. The purpose of the center was to learn about wildflowers and share new infmation with interested people everywhere. In 1998 Lady Bird was honed f her tireless effts to make our nation me beautiful. The name of the center was changed to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 9 of 20

10 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (10 of 20) Grade 7 Passage Reading Fluency Equating Table BOY Laura Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 10 of 20

11 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (11 of 20) Retell Scing Guide Each row of the table represents an idea unit and is wth 1 point. Laura (page 1 of 3) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units writer A girl was a auth 7 A lady 1 Laura wrote children s books in a log house 24 was bn in Wisconsin 2 Laura in 1867 was close to her older sister had an older sister named Mary 37 3 Laura Charles was the second daughter of Caroline so her dad find could wk 65 had to move wherever their father get 4 Her family a job because her dad didn t have after Laura was bn 72 moved 5 Her family to Missouri to start a farm 82 moved to Kansas 6 Her family where her sister Carrie was bn back to Wisconsin 105 moved 7 Her family to be near family in 1874 moved to Walnut Grove Her family 122 to Minnesota 8 Her dad/father wanted to farm Charles longed The girls 151 The kids had many adventures 9 Laura and her sisters 176 Grasshoppers ate their crops 10 Bugs destroyed their wheat crop Table continues on the next page. 11 of 20

12 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (12 of 20) Retell Scing Guide (cont.) Laura (2 of 3) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units 197 Their baby boy died 11 had a stroke 215 Mary went blind 12 lost her eyesight to De Smet 233 moved to the Dakota Territies 13 The family so the dad (Charles) could wk with the railroad The dad farmed again Charles acquired some land The family got 283 saved money to send Mary to a school f the blind 15 The family 295 Laura started teaching when she was got married Laura married a farmer (Alonzo Wilder) had a baby Laura and Almonzo had a baby named Rose Stms ruined their crops went into debt Her husband got sick Almonzo became crippled Their second baby 372 died 21 Her (Laura s) second baby 382 Their house burned down 22 Table continues on the next page. 12 of 20

13 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (13 of 20) Retell Scing Guide (cont.) Laura (3 of 3) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units around a lot 395 moved to Flida 23 Laura and Almonzo to De Smet bought a farm 424 settled down 24 Laura and Almonzo spent the rest of their lives in Missouri could tell sties Laura was a styteller Her (Laura s) daughter wanted Laura to write her sties Rose convinced seven books the Little House series 463 books read by many people wrote Laura loved 26 books people liked admired in 1957 died Laura at the age of open Their farm is to visit available 13 of 20

14 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (14 of 20) Grade 7 Passage Reading Fluency Equating Table BOY A Wonderful Friendship Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 14 of 20

15 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (15 of 20) Retell Scing Guide Each row of the table represents an idea unit and is wth 1 point. A Wonderful Friendship (page 1 of 2) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units A girl see 11 couldn t 1 Helen Keller hear was a scientist A man 18 was an invent 2 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone were famous knew each other 26 3 Keller and Bell conversation opened new wlds of communication sight lost her when she was a baby The girl hearing 58 4 Helen Keller did not speak could not talk was intelligent 81 The girl wanted to learn 5 Helen Keller was eager to learn to help her learn 100 Her (Keller s) parents wanted 6 to educate her the scientist took her (Keller) 116 to see the invent 7 Her (Keller s) parents went Alexander Graham Bell thought teaching was He his most imptant wk considered teaching to be 131 The man 8 Bell was a teacher of deaf people used to teach a private teacher 153 hired 9 Her (Keller s) parents Anne Sullivan The teacher 172 taught her (Keller) wds 10 Sullivan The girl learned to read and write Keller wrote her first letter to Bell Table continues on the next page. 15 of 20

16 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (16 of 20) Retell Scing Guide (cont.) A Wonderful Friendship (2 of 2) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units He 205 encouraged her (Keller) to learn 12 Bell He with his hands 236 told her (Keller) sties 13 Bell using his fingers He 256 told her (Keller) about inventing the telephone 14 Bell all over the wld 277 The telephone let people talk to each other 15 in different places students He 305 opened a school f deaf people 16 Bell children He 321 started an infmation center to tell people about the deaf 17 Bell decided to learn how to speak Keller set a goal to take lessons in speaking 395 gave a speech about Bell s wk at his infmation center 19 Keller He 424 helped hearing and deaf people talk to each other 20 Bell 444 finished college graduated Keller became a writer her autobiography dedicated to Bell Keller a book about her life Keller s book about her life was a symbol of her friendship with Bell Her autobiography of 20

17 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (17 of 20) Grade 7 Passage Reading Fluency Equating Table BOY Spreading Wildflowers Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment Version Texas Education Agency, University of Houston, and The University of Texas System 17 of 20

18 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (18 of 20) Retell Scing Guide Each row of the table represents an idea unit and is wth 1 point. Spreading Wildflowers (page 1 of 3) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units Texas A girl the country A lady was bn in Karnack 6 A person Claudia Tayl Lady Bird was given the nickname Lady Bird nature liked 36 Claudia being outdos loved 2 Lady Bird looking f flowers Texas 69 started a wildflower program 3 The state The highway department The state waited f the flowers to go to seed befe they mowed Texas 84 * 4 spread The seeds would grow into plants The girl moved to Austin The lady 116 college 5 Claudia went to the university Lady Bird UT a man 133 Claudia married Lyndon B. Johnson 6 Lady Bird LBJ Her husband ran f 141 president 7 Johnson became beauty and blight Lady Bird 162 saw neglect when traveling 8 His wife ugliness * The pronoun "they" is acceptable only if the student is clearly referring to the highway department the state of Texas. Table continues on the next page. 18 of 20

19 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (19 of 20) Retell Scing Guide (cont.) Spreading Wildflowers (2 of 3) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units 189 Claudia set up a committee 9 Lady Bird 206 Claudia wanted to make the capital look me beautiful 10 Lady Bird Volunteers met once a month 220 was in charge of 11 Claudia volunteers was the head of Lady Bird 262 The committee got attention by planting flowers around the city 12 The volunteers got plant 277 The committee businesses and neighbhoods to 13 encouraged clean up The volunteers set up their own programs using started the committee s ideas 329 Other states copying 14 planted flowers preserved wildflowers The state 358 continued the wildflower program 15 Texas she wanted to encourage planting wildflowers 391 Claudia Claudia 16 Lady Bird Lady Bird started planting flowers along the river in Austin bike paths added 450 The project trails 17 built hiking paths Table continues on the next page. 19 of 20

20 Unit 4 Module 2 Handout 1 (20 of 20) Retell Scing Guide (cont.) Spreading Wildflowers (3 of 3) # of Wds Read Recalled Idea Unit Maximum Possible Idea Units building The project inspired a center f studying native plants creating started a center f Claudia Lady Bird sharing infmation about studying learning about flowers plants wildflowers The center was named after Lady Bird The center s name was changed to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 20 of 20