Welcome to the DRA 2 Do Now Brainstorm

Welcome to the DRA 2 Do Now: • Brainstorm a list of what good readers do. You may work with a partner or small group.

DRA 2 • Why do we utilize the DRA? • What does the DRA provide to a classroom teacher? • What might the DRA 2 assess?

DRA 2 • DRA 2 offers a method for assessing and documenting primary students’ development as readers over time. • DRA 2 provides teachers with information that helps them determine each student’s instructional and/or independent reading level and identify what the student needs to learn. • DRA 2 assess reading engagement, oral reading fluency, and comprehension.

DRA 1 • Book levels A-44 • No fluency score • Stop the assessment if accuracy rate <94% • Oral retell/comprehension 24 • Continuum folder • Instructional levels • Fiction only DRA 2 • Book levels A-40 • Fluency score • Stop assessment if accuracy/oral rate low (gray Intervention box) • Level 28 and above written retell/comprehension 28 • Continuum is in teacher observation guide • Independent/Instructional levels • Fiction/non-fiction • More titles • Interest Inventory • Choice selection • Word Analysis • Guided Instruction

DRA 2 Resources • Teacher Guide • Blackline Masters CD • 45 Benchmark Assessment Books • 30 Student Assessment Folders • Assessment Procedures Overview Card • DRA 2 Clipboard • Training DVD • DRA Word Analysis Teacher Guide-Not Required • DRA Word Analysis Student Book-Not Required • DRA Word Analysis Training CD • 46 Hanging File Folders

DRA 2 • Video: DRA 2 administration, Level 28: Missing Sneakers • Refer to the Blackline Masters book and follow along (178 -186).

DRA 2 • Assessment Guidelines (pgs. 40 -64, Teachers Guide) • Select a range of leveled texts • Have the student select a text • Record the students responses/behaviors for reading engagement, fluency, running record, comprehension • Complete the Teacher Observation Guide • Complete the Continuum • Determine if Independent/Instructional level is reached or if further testing is needed.

DRA 2 • Video: Assessment procedures for running record and comprehension rubric. • Refer to Record of Oral Reading Guidelines.

DRA 2 • Video: Transitional Stage Levels 1424 Grade 1 • Practice scoring: Level 24: Thin As a Stick • Compare results with the video

DRA 2 • How might the DRA 2 be more beneficial than DRA 1?

DRA 2 • Tips o o o and Tricks Book Selection (pg. 44 in Teacher's Manual) Interest Survey DEARLog Organization of Materials Utilize previous year's Spring DRA level and/or guided reading level to determine starting point for testing.

DRA 2 -EPSD • Record Instructional Level on Performance Tracker, not Independent Level • Word Analysis is not mandatory • Utilize updated Language Arts Continuum • Utilize updated Report Card Codes