Classroom Observation Features:  Reading

q    Reading EALRs in student language posted.

q    Classroom library area/independent reading materials

q    Small group/individual conference instruction area

q    Student writing as reading material in the classroom

q    Shared reading material (anthologies, charts, big books, integrated unit books, etc.)

q    Print-rich environment containing student book related work on display.

q    Reading resources available to students (dictionaries, pocket charts, strategy charts, word charts/walls/banks, environmental print, poetry, song, rhyme charts).

q    Unit and/or guided reading materials (6-8 copies of same title) for use with small groups.

q    Classroom reading assessment recording system (varies by teacher).  Examples, binder, clipboard, folder, cards, etc., to write notes about student level, performance.

q    Reading manipulatives (K-2)