Task: Listening
Comprehension
- Instruction to student: I am going
to read you a story. Listen carefully. When I have finished I am going
to ask you to tell the story back to me.
- Read the first story below aloud to the
student. Read it as a story.
- When you have finished, ask the student
to tell you what happened. Say Now tell me the story. Say all you
can about it. You can say it in your own way.
- After 5 minutes
ask the child to retell again. Use the chatr to note changes in the
students recall.
If required, use a prompt:
Can you tell me any more? What happened next?
Jane was at school and went
out to sit on the seats and eat her lunch.
As she opened her lunch box,
it fell over and her lunch went on the ground
Jane wondered what she was going
to do. Her sandwiches now had dirt all over them. She told her friend,
Susan.
Susan took one of the sandwiches
from her lunch-box and shared it with Jane.
After lunch, Jane and Susan
went into the playground and had a good time playing chasey.
Teacher
record sheet
The
student needs to retell events in sequence to score points.
Write
down the students immediate story retelling as accurately
as possible
Prompt
provided: Yes / No |
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or X |
after
5 mins
or X |
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or X |
after
5 mins
or X |
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or X |
after
5 mins
or X |
Jane
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at school
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went out
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sit
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on seats
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lunch
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opened lunch-box
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fell over
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lunch on
ground |
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sandwiches
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dirt
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told friend
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Susan
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Susan took
sandwich from her lunch-box |
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shared it
with Jane |
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after lunch
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Jane and
Susan |
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went into
playground |
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had
a good time |
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playing
chasey |
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Scores: Immediate Recall: / 20
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or X |
after
5 minutes
or X |
Setting
(school,
playground) |
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Initiating
Event (Jane
dropped her sandwiches) |
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Internal
Response (Jane
wondered what to do) |
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Attempt
(She
tells her friend Susan) |
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Consequence
(Susan
gave her a sandwich) |
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Ending
(They
went off to play) |
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Score: / 6
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Reading Difficulties Model
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