glance whether improvement has been made in areas of specific diffi-
culty. It also focuses attention on skills that need strengthening.
The following is a condensed version of such a check sheet. Most
teachers will want to develop it further.


 Informal Reading Inventory Check Sheet


Name


Address


Age Date(s)


Tester


Recognition Vocabulary


Basic sight words
Vowel sounds
Consonant sounds
Consonant blends
Letters omitted
Endings omitted
Reversals
Substitutions
Other


Meaning Vocabulary


Prefixes
Suffixes
Roots
Context clue
Other


Comprehension Difficulties


Rate Difficulties

Lacks flexibility
Many regressions
Poor rhythm
Skimming
Other


Flow of lan
Main idea
Major detai
Summarizati
Integration
Directions
Inferences
Rhetorical
Retention
Other


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devices


Special weaknesses



Instructional grade level _Independent grade level

Frustration grade level Present Potential Level


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