An Observation Survey: of early literacy achievement

by Marie M. Clay

An Observation Survey introduces teachers to ways of observing children's progress in the early years of learning about literacy and leads to the selection of children for whom supplementary teaching is necessary.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction, Professional Development, Grad School, School

93 pages, Paperback

First published May 20, 1993

Reviews

[Margaret Teiti]

An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement

[Chris]

A handy handbook if you need it.

[Kassie Rybeck]

Informative, straightforward and a great guide for the OS.

[Kitchengrrl]

Not something I'm likely to use often, since this is geared towards early readers, but very well explained and laid out for those who need to learn the Running Record process as well as other early literacy assessments.

[Lydia]

Good read for teachers (especially Reading Recovery) to better understand what children are thinking/doing while reading and writing in a structured one-on-one teaching environment. What should you be looking for? How might you respond? This book helps answer those questions.

[Sarah]

As much as this book focuses on elementary grades (I teach secondary), I was very impressed by how easily I was able o make this apply to my teaching. I feel like I have a better idea how to use different types of assessments and how I can better understand the reading habits of my students.

[Mary]

Again this is what I have time to read right now and what I read almost daily.

[Chad]

The survey lays a solid foundation on which to build. I can't wait to get to the rest of the training to find out what to do next.

[Lisa]

Excellent guide to better teaching

[Becky]

The first book on reading instruction that ever made sense to me. My entire reason for wanting to become an educator. Thank you, Marie Clay!

[Michelle Tom]

Excellent!