Reading Lesson Overview

For this reading lesson, I have chosen three students who are roughly at the same reading level. Based on the AIMSweb Maze comprehension test, all of these students have been found to be below average readers. Fiona is rated as the highest member of our group (65^th percentile), Jimmy second (61^st percentile), and Lindsey the lowest (41^st percentile). This test is used to track student progress made from the beginning of the school year to the end of the school year.

The classroom I am placed in uses the Reading Street literature program and each unit contains stories that are specifically used to gauge aspects of the reader’s skills. After reviewing each student across several units, I found all three students did not consistently meet the “words unknown” section of these units. These are vocabulary sections based on the stories and are usually themed vocabulary. Along with consistently missing the words unknown criteria, the students unsurprisingly showed a lack of knowledge with synonyms and antonyms.

From the student’s comprehension assessment and vocabulary knowledge patterns, I have determined that two lessons should be taught. The first lesson will involve working with the student’s schema to help them better comprehend texts and will be based on the work of Miller. The second lesson will involve word knowledge to improve the student’s vocabulary skills and this will be based on Tompkins (ch. 7).