Administering the DRA
Getting to Know Your Tutee as a Reader
Example of DRA Administration
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Your goal is to get to know your tutee as a reader. Don't worry about administering it perfectly. There are lots of great questions to ask and then you get to listen to them read. You can take a running record of their reading on the form (but don't worry about doing it perfectly). Use this information to help you know how your tutee reads and how you can help them best. You will also get to know them as you complete lessons with them.
Below is some information you can use to help you take running records and to help you analyze them. |
Example of the marks you might make on the included DRA form.
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Example of a completed DRA form
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Example of the second page of the form
The student's substitution of the word "older" for "other" tells me that the student was using meaning when that error was made. That error makes sense in the story (unless the picture showed a younger brother). If this were a lesson, you could call attention to the visual aspects of the word. You might say, "That made sense. Let's look more closely at the word. If the word was older, what letters might you see (you could even have them write this down)? Now let's look more closely at the sounds in this word..," The student's substitution of the word "brush" for "bucket" doesn't make sense, and that student is probably only thinking about the visual aspects of that word. You might say, "You used a word that started with the same sound because you are paying attention to the letters you see, but did that make sense? Look closely about this picture and think about what is going on in the story. What would make better sense there?" |