Sample Running Record of Text Reading

Student's Name: _______________________________
Title: ________________________________________
Page Read: ___________________________________ 		Date: ________________
Level: _______________

 
Type of Error or Error Word in First One Hundred Words
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   

 
Type of Error or Error Word in Second One Hundred Words
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   

Teachers should analyze the errors and self-corrections and then determine the instructional plans for the student based on the analysis.


 
Analysis of Errors and Self-corrections
  1. Picture clues
  2. Phonic clues
  3. Syntactic (arrangement of words)
  4. Reads on/does not reread
  5. Asks for help
  1. Chunking
  2. Gets mouth ready
  3. Skips words/goes on/rereads
  4. Self-corrects
  5. Goes back to find words somewhere else
Uses:
__ meaning
__ structure/syntax
__ visual

Fluency:

  1. Word by word .............................................................. Reads in phrases
  2. Too slow or too fast ...................................................... Appropriate pacing
  3. No expression .............................................................. Appropriate expression
  4. Not aware of punctuation .............................................. Aware of punctuation
  5. Stumbles over sight words ............................................. Automatic sight word recognition