Customer Reviews

Running Records for Classroom Teachers

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This is an essential tool for any teacher that teaches reading at any level. For a beginning teacher or student teacher it is the best running record explanation available with great reproducible pages for future running records. This book clearly explains how to administer a running record, how to record results, and what they mean. It is also a great "reminder tool" for teachers that are already familiar with the concept.

I am a reading teacher and this book is a great resource and quick search book about running records.

This should be on every primary language arts teacher's personal shelf. Many college level courses include this as a required read, rightfully so. Clay gives us a practical way to evaluate students immergent in reading or those decoding, and developing in fluency. Highly Recommended.

When I purchased this book for class, I did not realize how helpful this book was for me to have in order to accomplish my assignments. Great book.

I've read several books on the topic of Running Records. I found this one to be just okay. In addition to being very brief, I took issue with her statement that one should "Avid the use of a tape-recorder." All the other sources I have read actually encourage this practice, especially with older and struggling readers. In fact, Vacca, Vacca, Gove, Burkey, Lenhart, and McKeon recommend that "To ensure accurate coding, tape-record the student's reading. you can then replay the student's reading to check whether all errors are recorded accurately." They further explain that it can allow the teacher the freedom to watch behaviors more closely, and can assist with documenting student retell. So while Clay calls tape-recording a "crutch," other's see it as an aid when listening and analyzing good readers, who tend to go to fast for the record-taker, and the struggling readers, who tend to make multiple and complex miscues situations. Her theory and suggestions may be good for beginning readers, but would be difficult for others.

The book arrived on time for the class I was teaching and was good quality as represented. Thank you