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the written letter with its name and its sound.

The evaluation is always done on an individual basis. Choose two of the three letters from the activity
and shuffle the ten small letter cards. Draw cards one at a time. The student is to identify the name of
the letter and its sound. Use the tally sheet below to record student performance.

Name Target letter: d Target letter: r

Letter Name Letter Sound Letter Name Letter Sound

Ricky √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √

Destiny

Tyree

Each student is shown each of the ten small letter cards in the shuffled deck one at a time. He or she is to state the name of the letter, as well as the
sound of the letter. Mark the corresponding space for each correct response. If the student does not respond correctly, leave the corresponding space
blank. The goal is at least four correct responses out of five chances. Ricky needs some more practice with the letter "r".

For teaching letter-sound associations, there are many visual aids and manipulatives you can either
make with the students or buy commercially. If you have several different types of programs, letter
manipulatives, or reading instruction methods available, you can judge the relative effectiveness of
each one to the others, based on the results of your ongoing progress monitoring.

Question

Continuous progress monitoring helps the teacher do which of the following?

A Verify mastery, identify students with continued need, isolate skills that require further
practice, assess effectiveness of instructional methods.

B Validate failing grades, identify disruptive students, commercialize programs, address
letters.

C Value holistic grading, identify with other teachers, isolate trouble students, access
permanent records.

D Vilify failing students, identify constant disruptions, isolate skills that require further
practice, assess effectiveness of instructional methods.

Answer

Choice A is the correct response. Continuous progress monitoring allows the teacher to marshal his
or her resources more wisely, to group students for instruction appropriately, and to determine
whether instructional methods are effective.