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Running records and you: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.1; If you teach in North Carolina, you are already "doing" running records. Your school mandates them as a means of assessing student reading. Hopefully you received some training for these assessments, but if your experience was like that of many teachers, you...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Running records as authentic testing: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.2; In many school systems, running records are administered using preprinted running record sheets that contain the exact text the student is reading in a matching leveled book. To allow a teacher to administer multiple assessments with a single student, two...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Ongoing assessment for reading: Ongoing, informal assessment is crucial to teaching reading. Using audio and visual examples, this edition explains the use of running records and miscue analysis, tools that help a teacher to identify patterns in student reading behaviors and the strategies a reader uses to make sense of text.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Why miscue analysis?: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.1; A holistic view of reading takes into account that "both the reader and the author are equally active in constructing or building meaning." The text available is the "medium through which the author and reader transact."* Teachers...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Self-corrections: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.5; Although self-corrections may seem less important as a diagnostic tool than errors, they demonstrate the way in which a reader is working to make sense of a text and allow the teacher a glimpse into the child's thinking. Teachers can identify patterns of a...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Quantitative analysis: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.7; By doing some simple calculations from your running record, you can not only get a better sense of how well the child is reading but select more appropriate texts for further running records. Error ratio The error ratio, the ratio of errors...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Practice story: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.9; Ready to practice? Print out the following story and have a blank piece of paper or a blank running record form ready. Use the sound clip below to practice taking a running record of this child’s reading. First, record what the...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Cuing systems: Analyzing reading behaviors: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.6; Cuing systems are the self-extending systems students use to act upon text in order to make sense of it. These systems may be used independently or in conjunction with one another. When you administer running records, you can analyze cuing systems...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Reading behaviors: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.4; A blank sheet of paper or blank running record sheet, a pencil, and a carefully selected text are all the materials needed to capture a student's reading behaviors. The reading behaviors — including the student's physical actions such as eye and hand...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Instructional assessment: Finding teaching points: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.8; Over time, running records can show patterns in student use of cuing systems and self corrections. But individual running records can also be useful in instruction. After each running record, a teacher can choose a teaching point, using the student's...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Portrait of a reader: Rosalie: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.1; I was setting up centers for the first day of class, which was still a week away, when Rosalie and her mother entered the classroom to meet me. Rosalie's mother explained that Rosalie was so excited about school and simply could not wait until the official...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Portrait of a reader: Ben: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.2; A fourth-grade teacher uses running records to uncover individual strengths and needs in a new student's reading.; By Jeanne Gunther.

Text selection: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 1.3; Finding the instructional level Texts selected for running records should challenge a student sufficiently that he or she makes some errors for the student to analyze, but not enough that he or she becomes frustrated. This level is called the instructional...; By Jeanne Gunther.

See how they run!: The 100 meter dash: Middle level students will collect times as they run the 100 meter dash. These times will be depicted through various graphic representations (bar, circle, histogram). Times will be compared to current world records for the 100 meters. Students will decide which Math class ran fastest and support that choice in short essay form. They will also try to determine the faster gender based on the data collected.

This lesson plan is a unit filled with related lesson plans. One or two parts of this project could be completed as a stand-alone lesson, or the entire set of activities and extensions could be completed for an involved, integrated unit.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics); By Holly Smith.

Governing the Piedmont: In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.7; As settlers spread across the North Carolina Piedmont in the eighteenth century, the provincial government didn't keep up with them. Westerners weren't fairly represented in the provincial Assembly, and the so-called "Granville District," owned by the one remaining Lord Proprietor, was badly mismanaged.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Formative assessment: This reference article discusses the history, concept, and application of formative assessment.; Format: article; By Heather Coffey.

Primary fitness skills unit: The main focus of this unit is primary physical fitness skills assessment and development. With PE class scheduled once a week, fitness assessment becomes a challenge. This unit keeps students moving and at the same time assesses their primary fitness skills in each lesson.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Healthful Living); By Bozena Mielczak.

Cargo manifests of Confederate blockade runners: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.4; Cargo manifests of various ships that ran the Union blockade to bring goods from Nassau, in the Bahamas, to Wilmington, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Includes historical commentary.; Format: document; Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert.

The Dukes of Durham: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.7; After the Civil War, Orange County farmer Washington Duke put everything he had into growing tobacco. From farming he quickly expanded into manufacturing, and by the end of the nineteenth century, his son controlled the largest tobacco industry in the world.; Format: article

An Act to Encourage the Settlement of this Country (1707): In Colonial North Carolina, page 2.2; Passed by the provincial Assembly of Carolina in 1707, this legislation provides incentives for settlers and explains the justification for doing so. Includes historical commentary.; Format: legislation

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