Working with words: reproducible 2.1
Observation questions
Student’s name ______________________________________ Date____________
1 How does this student approach an unknown word when reading a text for the fir st time? Does this vary between a seen and unseen text? If so, how?
2 Which par t of an unknown word does the student find difficult to solve?
3 Does this relate to their knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, two-letter blends, three-letter blends, digraphs or other features?
4 Is the student able to ar ticulate their difficulty? Are they able to offer suggestions of what could be done when encountering unknown words?
5 Is the student able to independently draw on strategies when encountering unknown words?
6 What strategies does the student draw on?
7 Is the student able to demonstrate this knowledge consistently?