Coaching Miscues

Coaching Miscues

1. Individual and Group Instruction

   • Tape oral reading
   • Retelling sentence/story

2. Whole-Class Instruction

   • Teacher miscue a word while reading aloud
     • Have students correct it and discuss why it happened
       • "Did it make sense"
       • "Did it sound right"

3. Instruction for Readers Who Need Extra Support

   • Realize where the mistake is coming from
   • Work with student one-on-one and in small groups
   • Pick familiar text for student to read
   • Ask Questions
     • "What could it say?"
     • "What would you say there?"
     • "How do you know?"

4. Instructing Proficient Readers

   • Having them make connections to things they do know
   • Have them explain their thinking
   • Construct instruction off details given about student's thought process
     • Ask if they know what they just read

5. Documenting Progress

   • Formal
     • Keeping a record
       • Taping reading aloud
         • Checking for substitutions, omissions, and insertions
       • Analyzing students reading
         • Beginning and End of year
       • Cumulative Records
         • Folder where teachers keep literacy progress that is passed on throughout school career
   • Informal
     • Whenever a teacher listens to a child read
       • Keep in mind questions to lead them in the correct path