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

Part One of this leader-directed professional learning package introduces the conventions used when taking a running record of text reading and the basic scoring procedures. The training materials will help teachers develop skills in careful observation and recording the reading behaviors of children in their early years of schooling.

The materials for this course can be found in the four sections below. Please click on the orientation video to begin your training.


TRAINING MATERIALS INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE
  • Leader’s Guide
  • Introduction to the conventions
  • PowerPoint presentations with embedded audio
  • Practice worksheets for both texts
  • Orientation video for leaders
  • Narrator’s script
  • Answer keys for both texts
  • Scoring guide
  • Traffic audio-only presentation
  • Mugs audio-only presentation

Acknowledgements
Authors

Janet Bufalino
Shippensburg University

Irene Huggins
Western Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery

Allyson Matczuk
Western Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery

Janice Van Dyke
Western Canadian Institute of Reading Recovery


Reviewers

Dr. Marie Clay