The Loose Tooth • Level E • Fiction Recording Form

Student _________________________________________________ Grade ________ Date

___________________________ Teacher _________________________________________________ School

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Recording Form
Part One: Oral Reading
Place the book in front of the student. Read the title and
introduction.

Introduction: Kate had a loose tooth and she tried lots of things
to make it come out. Read to find out what happened to Kate’s
loose tooth.
Summary of Scores:
Accuracy _______ Self-correction _______ Fluency _______
Comprehension _______ Writing _______

Sources of Information Used

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2 Kate had a loose tooth.

Her tooth was very loose.

Kate played with her tooth.

But it did not come out.

4 “Don’t play

with your tooth,”

said Kate’s mom.

“Eat your breakfast.”

“I want my tooth

to come out,”

said Kate.

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Part One: Oral Reading continued

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5 “Your tooth

will fall out,” said Mom.

Kate wiggled her tooth.

But it did not fall out.

6 Kate brushed her teeth

after breakfast.

She wanted her tooth

to come out.

She wanted it to come

out now.

7 She brushed and brushed.

She brushed her loose tooth.

But it did not fall out.

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Part One: Oral Reading continued

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8 Kate went to school.

She played

with her tooth

at school.

9 “Don’t play with your tooth,”

said Kate’s teacher.

1 Kate played
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with her tooth

at lunch.

She wiggled it

and wiggled it.

1 “Don’t wiggle your tooth,”

1
said Ben.

“I want to eat my lunch.”

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Part One: Oral Reading continued

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 1 Kate went home.
2
Her brother played

with his blocks.

Kate played

with her tooth.

1 “It is time to eat,”

3
said Mom.

“Come and have

some soup.”

1 Kate had some soup.

4
She said,

“Now I want an apple.

I want a big, big apple.”

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Part One: Oral Reading continued

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1 Kate took a big, big
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bite of her apple.

1 “Look, Mom!” Kate said.

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“Look at my tooth now!”

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Rate % Belo 90% 91% 92% 93% 94% 95% 96% 97% 98% 99% 100
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Fluency Score 0123

Fluency Scoring Key
0 Reads primarily word-by-word with occasional but infrequent or inappropriate phrasing;
no smooth or expressive interpretation, irregular pausing, and no attention to author’s
meaning or punctuation; no stress or inappropriate stress, and slow rate.
1 Reads primarily in two-word phrases with some three- and four-word groups and some
word-by-word reading; almost no smooth, expressive interpretation or pausing guided
by author’s meaning and punctuation; almost no stress or inappropriate stress, with slow
rate most of the time.
2 Reads primarily in three- or four-word phrase groups; some smooth, expressive
interpretation and pausing guided by author’s meaning and punctuation; mostly
appropriate stress and rate with some slowdowns.
3 Reads primarily in larger, meaningful phrases or word groups; mostly smooth, expressive
interpretation and pausing guided by author’s meaning and punctuation; appropriate
stress and rate with only a few slowdowns.

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Recording Form The Loose Tooth • Level E • Fiction

Part Two: Comprehension Conversation needed to stimulate discussion of understandings the student
does not express. It is not necessary to use every prompt for
Have a conversation with the student, noting the key each book. Score for evidence of all understandings expressed
understandings the student expresses. Use prompts as —with or without a prompt. Circle the number in the score
column that reflects the level of understanding demonstrated. 1 Reflects limited understanding of the text. Mentions a few facts or ideas but
does not express the important information or ideas.
Teacher: Talk about what happened in this story. 2 Reflects satisfactory understanding of the text. Includes important
information and ideas but neglects other key understandings.
Comprehension Scoring Key
3 Reflects excellent understanding of the text. Includes almost all important
0 Reflects unsatisfactory understanding of the text. Either does not respond or information and main ideas.
talks off the topic.

Key Understandings Prompts Score

Within the Text What was Kate’s problem in 0123

the story? What did Kate try to
Kate had a loose tooth and she was doing do to solve the
everything she could to make it come out. (Gives 2– problem? What else did she do?
3 examples, such as wiggled it, played with it,
brushed it.) Talk about how the story ended.

In the end, she ate an apple and the tooth came

out in her soup! Note any additional understandings:

Beyond and About the Text Why do you think Kate really 0123
wanted her tooth to come out?
Kate really wanted her tooth to come out because
(gives a plausible reason). Talk about how Kate felt about
her tooth at the beginning of the
She felt great when her tooth finally came out. story and at the end of the
story.
What do you think Kate’s mom was
Kate’s mom wasn’t worried because she thinking?
knew the tooth would come out.
What was the most important
The most important part of the story was when she part of this story? Why?
took a bite of apple (or when the tooth fell out).
Note any additional understandings:

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Part Three: Writing About Reading (optional)
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Writing About Reading Scoring Key
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0 Reflects no understanding of the text.
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1 Reflects very limited understanding of the text.
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dotted line and give it to the child. Specify the amount of time for the student to complete
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the task on a separate sheet of paper. (See Assessment Guide 2 Reflects partial understanding of the text. 3 Reflects excellent understanding
for more information.) of the text.

Write about the three things Kate did to get her tooth to come out. You can draw a
picture to go with your writing.
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