Update on Action Research Plan

 I have completed several actions of my Action Research Plan. During last school year, I trained my second grade level on running records. Before the training, I prepared all the material needed, such as several blank running records, leveled readers, and asked several students to stay behind during P.E. The first training was completed with hard copies. First I explained the symbols used when conducting running records, such as check marks for correct reading, dashes for omission, R for repeating of phrases or sentences and writing in the word if a substitution occurs. Next I modeled a lesson using a running record while one of the students read. The running record I was conducting was being shown on the Interactive White Board. Finally the teachers were given a book and assigned a student to practice conducting running records a few times. During the next training, I walked the second grade teachers through the process of downloading a Running Record app on the I pads. We set up the teachers’ emails to enable the ability to forward the running records to our emails and print the running records. The running records can be used as documentation for RTI purposes. We practiced conducting running records again with the same students and a different set of leveled readers. The running record app also records the words per minute read, fluency rate and reading level.

 I have self-reflected on my guided reading lessons, running records and took note of the process the students were making with the interventions provided. I observed four teachers guided reading lesson plans on two separate occasions. I have compared the students reading results with the DRA. I found the teachers who were using running records had students reading at a higher level at the end of the year as compared to teachers who were not using running records during their guided reading lessons.