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This 9 page paper discusses how to assess reading abilities, grouping students, and a recommended literacy program. The Four Blocks program is recommended because it is a multisensory, multilevel literacy program that incorporates and integrates reading and writing. The four blocks are explained. A literacy block lesson is outlined. Although entitled for the beginning teacher, the information is applicable to any elementary school teacher. The paper includes an abstract. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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skill levels of students. The type of assessment(s) differ according to grade range. For instance, the kindergarten teacher is interested in knowing the letter recognition and letter knowledge of students,
while the Third Grade teacher needs to know her students reading comprehension skills. After discovering the level of knowledge and skill, students need to be grouped for appropriate instruction
and practice. Rather than grouping based only on the standardized test scores, flexible grouping may be used. In fact, flexible grouping is a component of the reading/literacy program recommended. Four
Blocks is recommended because it is a multisensory, multilevel literacy program that incorporates and integrates reading and writing. It also allows the teacher to use special programs for at-risk students.
To assist the beginning teacher, a literacy block lesson is presented with approximate times for each of the components in the lesson. Reading Assessment and Evaluation There are
numerous reading assessments available for the new teacher to consider. The particular type of reading skills assessment would depend on the grade range. For example, in Kindergarten and First Grade,
the teacher would want to evaluate a childs letter recognition ability. This could be done simply by presenting the alphabet in upper case and lower case type, one letter at
a time (Torgesen, 1998). Letter-sound knowledge can be measured by presenting one letter at a time and asking the child what sound that letter makes when it is in a
word (Torgesen, 1998). If the teacher wants to use a formal national test, she could use the letter identification section of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test-Revised (Torgesen, 1998). Another national
test that can be used is the "graphemes subtest of the Phonological Awareness Test" (Torgesen, 1998). To assess phonemic awareness, the teacher could use the Phonological Awareness Test, which has
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