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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) 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.

2 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. 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.

3 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. (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.

4 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.)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.

5 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. 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.

6 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. 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.

7 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. lonely_____B-6 Appendix 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) (Cont.)6781. tenement_____1. sham_____1. prospect_____2. rebel_____2. scrutiny_____2. quest_____3. ease_____3. refuge_____3. scoop_____4. exhibit_____4. prestigious_____4. journalism_____5. appoint_____5. quarrel_____5. invincible_____6. shuttle_____6. nomad_____6. listless_____7. unwilling_____7. fault_____7. mirror_____8. recede_____8. flattery_____8. circuit_____9. wizard_____9. hindrance_____9. defy_____10. wrench_____10.

8 Imperative_____10. anguish_____11. revenge_____11. colleague_____11. augment_____12. tiresome_____12. trifle_____12. aristocratic_____13. spout_____13. souvenir_____13. formidable_____14. strategy_____14. chore_____14. faculty_____15. pamphlet_____15. aggressive_____15. seizure_____16. persist_____16. barometer_____16. terrace_____17. heritage_____17. emigrate_____17. scrabble_____18. conquer_____18. verdict_____18. undermine_____19. humble_____19. zodiac_____19. sphere_____20. arrogant_____20. wrench_____20. naive_____21. astronomy_____21. probe_____21. plateau_____22. distinguish_____22. momentum_____22. recitation_____23. gratitude_____23. mortal_____23. jaunt_____24. guarantee_____24. exile_____24. frugal_____25. legacy_____25. imitation_____25. hysteria_____Appendix BInformal READING InventoryB-7 2011. Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A. Erekson.

9 All rights BInformal READING INVENTORY 2011. Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A. Erekson. All rights READING (64)1 Introduction: Read this story aloud to find out what a little boy can make. Then I will ask youquestions about the sun came and Mom came out to said, Who can play with me? Mom said, Do you see what I see? Bob said, All I see is see a lot of can make a mountainwith all the sand I see. Mom said, Make a sand mountain!You will see who will come to play. Comprehension QuestionsPoints(Literal)1. Who came out to play? (Bob and Mom)20(Inference)2. What did Mom see? (Sand)16(Literal)3. How much sand was there? (A lot)16(Literal)4. What did Bob say he could make with the sand? (A sand mountain)16(Inference)5. What kind of day is it? (Sunny, warm, nice)16(Inference)6. What did Mom think the sand mountain would do? (Bring other children to play)16 Scoring ScaleLevelsWord Recognition ErrorsComprehension ErrorsIndependent0 10 10 pointsInstructional2 311 25 pointsFrustration6 or more50 points or more1 Level 2, The Sand Mountain, Out Came the Sun (Needham, MA: Silver Burdett & Ginn, 1989), pp.

10 38 BInformal READING InventoryB-9 2011. Pearson. ForReading Diagnosis and Improvement,6e by Michael F. Opitz, Dorothy Rubin, and James A. Erekson. All rights READING2 Introduction: Read this story to find out what Bob and his friends do. Then I will ask youquestions about the story. Read it said, Can I help make it abig mountain? Bob said, I can put sand can put sand on the other side. Fran said, I came to I help make the sand mountain? Bob said, Come on, you can can help Jane and me. Jane said, Will you get water?The wind is blowing the sand off the mountain. Comprehension QuestionsPoints(Inference)1. Who came to play first? (Jane)16(Literal)2. What did Jane want to do? (Help Bob make a big mountain)16(Literal)3. What did Bob tell Jane she could do? (Put sand on the other side of the 16mountain)(Literal)4. Whom did Bob say Fran could help? (Jane and him)20(Literal)5.