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Oral Reading Record Level I/16: How Can You Sort?
Name ___________________________ Date ________________ Grade ________ Age ______
School _________________________________
Recorder ____________________________
Introduction
Read the title. Then say: We often sort things into groups. Invite the student to review the pictures and
words in “I need to know these words.” Then turn to page 4 and say: Now read pages 4–10 to learn more
about sorting.
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Level I/16
How Can You Sort?
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4
A family is going on a trip.
The family has many bags.
Which bags will the family take?
5
Mom needs large bags. Tyler needs
small bags. Tyler will sort the bags.
6
Tyler sorts the bags by size.
Tyler sorts the bags into two groups.
7
Mom wants to use the orange bags.
Now Tyler sorts the bags by color.
8
The family needs clothes for the trip.
Tyler must choose which clothes to take.
9
Tyler will not need all of his clothes.
Tyler sorts the clothes into two groups.
One group has shirts. One group
has jeans.
10
Now Tyler is ready to pack his clothes.
Following the ORR, the student may continue reading to the teacher or complete the text independently. If
the text was within the Hard range, discontinue the reading. Assess comprehension through retelling and
comprehension questions at the conclusion of the complete text.
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Oral Reading Record Level I/16: How Can You Sort?
Open Retell
Ask the student to close the book and tell you about it. Record the response below.
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Comprehension Questions
Ask the following questions and record the student’s responses. Omit any questions that were answered in
the retelling.
1. Why does the family need bags? (they are going on a trip)
2. Why does Tyler sort the bags by size? (Mom needs large bags; he needs small bags)
3. Why does Tyler sort the bags by color? (Mom wants to use the orange bags.)
4. Why doesn’t Tyler need all of his clothes? (he will not be on the trip for long)
Quick Check
The student is proficient at Level I/16: How Can You Sort? if the student scores at the Independent or
Instructional level on the following chart.
Independent Instructional Hard
# Errors 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 or more
% Correct 100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89% or less
Questions 3 correct 2 correct 0–1 correct
Formal Scores
See the Oral Reading Record Analysis document and the Expanded Instructions for Oral Reading Records
document for additional information on scoring and analyzing students’ reading.
Formulas for How Can You Sort?
Score
103 words divided by errors Error Rate: 1: _____
Words correct divided by 103 Accuracy = _____ %
Errors + Self-Corrections divided by Self-Corrections
SC Rate = 1: _____
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