Interest Inventory Assessment Report

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Based on the interest inventory test, Shevaun has an interest in books relating to sports, family, friendship and jokes. I decided to use lexile.com to assist me with choosing books based on Shevaun’s interest and instructional reading level. According to the Lexile measures for his grade, Shevaun’s Lexile measure ranges between 360L and 720L. The results from lexile.com also shows that Shevaun can be instructed using the following books that will provide him with the most appropriate challenge to reach optimal level:

Overall, the results of the assessments show that Shevaun needs to improve his fluency rate, comprehension skills and the identification of harder suffix bases and roots. Although he currently reads at his grade level, improvement in the above-mentioned areas can yield more positive results in his upcoming third-grade state assessment examination. Julian does not like to read; however, he does it to get through his tasks. His strengths lie in whole word calling, spelling and phonemic awareness. The other results of his test were not below his grade level standard, but if he develops strategies to stay focus and overcome the few errors he tends to make. He can become
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His mother was told during the final stages of the assessment that she can sit with Shevaun while he reads and pause and ask him questions as he goes along. She can also help him to make self-text connection to find out how he feels about what he read in the book. When Shevaun is able to identify the important elements in what he reads he will be better able to meet content expectations for other courses. She was encouraged to allow Shevaun to read books of interest at least twenty minutes per day as this can also improve his comprehension level and recognition of new vocabulary words. Continuous exposure to reading texts can also increase his ability to identify the harder suffix bases and

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