A Mixed Bag Episode Running Records, Long-Term Planning, and Getting Kids Writing A LOT EP 13

Reading to Succeed with Elizabeth Morphis · Apr 6, 2023 · 25m

I’m your host, Elizabeth Morphis and for today’s episode, I’m sharing a mixed bag of topics, stories, and examples you can use in teaching literacy.

Running Records

Running records are informative assessments that tell the teachers what the kids are doing so they can make informed decisions about what to teach their students. They provide teachers with what they need to know to make wise teaching decisions.

Here, the students read the text out loud, and the teacher marks what the student is doing as they’re reading. Do they need to work on their vocabulary? Their phonics? Are they struggling…