“We'll administer phonemic segmentation in the fall of first grade. But then when we get to winter and spring, we're focusing more on measures like nonsense word fluency and oral reading fluency becomes a big hitter at that point in time.”
Keri Thomas Beck · Science of Reading: The Podcast · S11 E4: Universal screening, explained, with Carrie Thomas Beck, Ph.D.
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What was described
screen phonemic segmentation in fall of first grade, then switch to nonsense word fluency and oral reading fluency for winter and spring assessments
Said nearby on the same subject
“I adopted the buzzword surge. So if you'd like, I'm happy to go into that, but I have two surge seasons, fall and spring, which are intentionally again devoted to fall and spring”
“…pre-recorded modules… we also had live sessions… there are a total of six live sessions spaced out through the winter and early spring… first live session is on October 22nd… you have access to all the modules immediately…”
“I put some words up on screen and just said to them, give me the next word… the audience all said star… I then showed the next slide with the word ‘star’”