SENSITIVE OBSERVATION OF READING BEHAVIOR
Running Record Professional Learning Package
PART TWO

Part Two of this leader-directed professional learning package introduces the conventions used when taking a running record of text reading and the basic scoring procedures introduced in Part One. The training materials will help teachers develop skills in interpreting running records in order to analyze a child’s reading behaviors.

The materials for this course can be found in the three sections below.


TRAINING MATERIALS INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE
  • Leader’s Guide
  • Introduction to interpretation and analysis
  • PowerPoint presentations with embedded audio and video
  • Practice worksheets
  • Orientation for leaders
  • Narrator’s script
  • Answer keys for all texts

Acknowledgements
Authors

Janice Van Dyke
Western Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery

Irene Huggins
Western Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery

Betsy Kaye
Texas Women’s University

Leslie McBane
Warren, Ohio Regional Reading Recovery

Cheri Slinger
Upper Arlington-South Western Ohio Reading Recovery Site


Reviewers

Central Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery
Janice Van Dyke

Eastern Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery
Heather Janes Pedersen

Texas Women’s University
Betsey Kaye, Cynthia Rodriguez, Yvonne Rodriguez, Connie Briggs, Billie Askew

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Barbara Schubert

Upper Arlington, Worthington, and Dublin Ohio Schools
Cheri Slinger

Warren, Ohio Regional Reading Recovery
Leslie McBane

Western Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery
Irene Huggins, Allyson Matczuk


Consultants

Teaching and Professional Development Committee, North American Trainers Group
Janice Van Dyke, Irene Huggins, Nancy Anderson, Ann Ballantyre, Janet Behrend, Janet Bufalino, Sue Duncan, Judy Embry, Salli Forbes, Mary Fried, Sharan Gibson, Ellen Hauser, Shannon Henderson, Betsy Kaye, Adria Klein, Gayla Kolb, Eva Konstantellou, Heather Janes Pedersen, Mary Ann Poparad, Cynthia Rodgiguez, Mary Rosser, Barbara Schubert, Robert Schwartz


Special Thanks

Cast
Rose Mary Estice, narrator
Cheryl Carter, teacher
Katie McBane, student
Leslie McBane, teacher leader

Production
Vicki Fox, Anita Gibson, Billie Askew