Transcription of INFORMAL READING INVENTORY
1 2011. Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A. Erekson. All rights BINFORMAL READING INVENTORY *Summary SheetName_____Age_____Grade _____Teacher_____*The INFORMAL READING INVENTORY is based on the Silver Burdett & Ginn series World of READING ,1989B-1 Oral ReadingSilent CapacityRecognition in No. of Isolation Errors/ Reader (No. of Total%%%%%%Level Errors)No. WdsErrorsCorrectErrors CorrectErrorsCorrectPreprimerPrimerFirst 2122313245678 Level at which Word Recognition INVENTORY (WRI)
2 Was begun_____Level at which oral READING was begun_____Oral READING word recognitionIndependent level_____Instructional level_____Frustration level_____Oral READING comprehensionIndependent level_____Instructional level_____Frustration level_____Silent READING comprehensionIndependent level_____Instructional level_____Frustration level_____Listening capacity level_____Word analysisConsonants singleinitial_____medial_____final_____C onsonants doubleblends_____digraphs_____Consonants silent_____Vowels singleshort_____long_____Vowels doubledigraphs_____diphthongs_____Effect of final eon vowel_____Vowel controlled by r_____Structural analysisprefixes_____suffixes_____B-2 Appendix BInformal READING INVENTORY 2011.
3 Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A. Erekson. All rights BInformal READING InventoryB-3combining forms_____inflectional endings_____Compound words_____Accent_____Special Notes on Strengths and WeaknessesComments on Behavior During the TestingRecommendationsSPECIAL NOTESI nformation on the following is given in the body of Chapter 8:1. Code for marking oral READING errors (p. 154)2. The scoring of oral READING errors (p. 155)3. Criteria for estimating the READING levels (p. 164)4. Administering the IRI (pp. 155 164)5. Examples (pp. 156 167)Partial credit may be given for comprehension questions if an answer consists ofmore than one part.
4 For example, if the answer to a question consists of three names,and the student has named only one, the student should get one-third credit. If theanswer to a question consists of two things, and the student gives only one, the studentshould receive half not count mispronunciations of difficult proper nouns in the oral READING pas-sages as errors. You may pronounce these for the children if necessary. Also, do notcount as errors dialectical equivalents (nonstandard dialects); however, these shouldbe addition, the term main ideais used rather than central idea,even though theoral and silent passages are usually more than one paragraph.
5 (See Finding the CentralIdea of a Group of Paragraphs in Chapter 10, page 222.) 2011. Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A. Erekson. All rights BInformal READING INVENTORY 2011. Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A. Erekson. All rights Recognition INVENTORY (WRI)PreprimerPrimerFirst1. water_____1. blow_____1. soup_____2. play_____2. little_____2. tents_____3. sand_____3. many_____3. afternoon_____4. look_____4. bright_____4. baked_____5. wind_____5. old_____5. family_____6.
6 Jump_____6. won_____6. alone_____7. cave_____7. things_____7. great_____8. make_____8. yellow_____8. white_____9. put_____9. farm_____9. soft_____10. bear_____10. friend_____10. boy_____11. over_____11. more_____11. dinner_____12. out_____12. thanks_____12. does_____13. cap_____13. snow_____13. wife_____14. could_____14. some_____14. horse_____15. down_____15. cows_____15. head_____16. sun_____16. game_____16. sorry_____17. have_____17. please_____17. summer_____18. side_____18. leaves_____18. hungry_____19. top_____19. draw_____19. drank_____20. surprise_____20. work_____20. enough_____Word Recognition INVENTORY (WRI) (Cont.)
7 2122311. brave_____1. office_____1. plow_____2. noon_____2. perfect_____2. horn_____3. park_____3. patient_____3. hesitate_____4. strange_____4. enemy_____4. neglect_____5. November_____5. donkey_____5. deaf_____6. money_____6. dirt_____6. language_____7. library_____7. clever_____7. attention_____8. join_____8. company_____8. drawn_____9. angry_____9. candle_____9. complain_____10. apple_____10. beard_____10. fame_____11. carrots_____11. bundle_____11. goal_____12. class_____12. address_____12. familiar_____13. answer_____13. snowflake_____13. elevator_____14. loud_____14. sailors_____14. plunge_____15.
8 Mouth_____15. score_____15. nature_____16. matter_____16. tune_____16. poem _____17. hurry_____17. thirsty_____17. stall_____18. idea_____18. unload_____18. talent_____19. carve_____19. view_____19. worthy_____20. clothes_____20. trouble_____20. lung_____21. delicious_____21. south_____21. medal_____22. below_____22. shy_____22. mistake_____23. boil_____23. ambulance_____23. customer_____24. built_____24. tiny_____24. courage_____25. dragons_____25. hobby_____25. announce_____Appendix BInformal READING InventoryB-5 2011. Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A.
9 Erekson. All rights Recognition INVENTORY (WRI) (Cont.)32451. petal_____1. gracious_____1. tragedy_____2. rein_____2. imitate_____2. applause_____3. furious_____3. defense_____3. amazement_____4. popular_____4. declare_____4. harvest_____5. identify_____5. electronics_____5. thaw_____6. forecast_____6. punishment_____6. original_____7. attach_____7. robot_____7. balcony_____8. bought_____8. uniform_____8. marvel_____9. admire_____9. twilight_____9. mileage_____10. noble_____10. tragedy_____10. cluster_____11. migrate_____11. stranger_____11. architect_____12. patient_____12. tame_____12. heroine_____13.
10 Novel_____13. technique_____13. audition_____14. ruin_____14. suspect_____14. interrupt_____15. rescue_____15. ordinary_____15. landscape_____16. unusual_____16. native_____16. petition_____17. x-ray_____17. haughty_____17. permission_____18. wisdom_____18. hostile_____18. vessel_____19. rough_____19. entire_____19. promotion_____20. protest_____20. errand_____20. violence_____21. persuade_____21. average_____21. voyage_____22. influence_____22. appetite_____22. vast_____23. prince_____23. radiant_____23. nuisance_____24. bandage_____24. prowl_____24. luxury_____25. bridge_____25. caution_____25.
