B
O
P
E
R
T
H
[8] / to
see
cat
milk
red
tree
big
book
[16] / was
city
eat
him
animal
letter
then
himself
[24]
how
deep
spell
between
weather
lip
block
awake
[32] / size
board
felt
chin
tray
approve
cliff
stalk
[40] / split
huge
plot
quality
escape
urge
collapse
grieve
[48]
abuse
residence
quarantine
contagious
glutton
exhaust
imply
image
[56] / contemporary
theory
threshold
participate
ethics
desolate
eliminate
triumph
[64] / tranquility
humidity
contemptuous
alcove
humiliate
conspiracy
aeronautic
predilection
[72]
emphasis
municipal
rescinded
luxurious
unanimous
intrigue
protuberance
audacious
[80] / benign
prevalence
repugnant
peculiarity
rudimentary
pugilist
mitosis
bibliography
[88] / anomaly
decisive
mosaic
deteriorate
spurious
irascible
expunge
coercion
[96]
discretionary
enigmatic
regime
centrifugal
itinerary
abysmal
soliloquize
inchoate
[104] / oligarchy
exigencies
mnemonic
ingratiating
covetousness
aborigines
emaciated
seismograph
[112] / pseudonym
usurp
idiosyncrasy
schism
misogyny
desuetude
exophthalmic
succinct
[120]
longevity
regimes
vehemence
regicidal
evanescence
heinous
omniscience
conduit
[128]
The list in which a student misses no more than one of the ten words is the level at which he/she can read independently.
Two errors indicate his/her instructional level.
Three or more errors identify the level at which reading material will be too difficult for him/her.
1road
live
thank
when
bigger
how
always
night
spring
today / 2
our
please
myself
town
early
send
wide
believe
quietly
carefully / 3
city
middle
moment
frightened
exclaimed
several
lonely
drew
since
straight
4
decided
served
amazed
silent
wrecked
improved
certainly
entered
realized
interrupted / 5
successful
business
develop
considered
discussed
behaved
splendid
acquainted
escaped
squirming / 6
bridge
commercial
abolish
trucker
apparatus
elementary
comment
necessity
gallery
relativity
7
amber
dominion
sundry
capillary
impetuous
blight
wrest
enumerate
daunted
condescent / 8
capacious
limitation
pretext
intrigue
delusion
immaculate
ascent
acrid
binocular
embankment / 9
conscientious
isolation
molecule
ritual
momentous
vulnerable
kinship
conservatism
jaunty
inventive
10
zany
jerking
nausea
gratuitous
linear
inept
legality
aspen
prevaricate
barometer / 11
galore
rotunda
capitalism
amnesty
risible
exonerate
superannuate
luxuriate
piebald
crunch
Marc Daniels
Student Teaching
Spring 2008
Word List Reading Activity
This is a word list activity to get students familiar with words they have not been exposed to, and it is also a method to help students decode words. This is a fairly good activity not only in determine what grade level a student may be reading at, but it is also an affective way to help students who read at a fairly quick pace to slow down and decode the words that they read. For a student that has more difficulty reading, this activity can help a student improve their phonics.
The goal of this lesson would be to expose students to this list of words, and for the words they did not know, have the students look up the actual definition of the word and be able to connect to their background knowledge or something that they know. It will also serve as an activity to have students improve their reading and decoding abilities.
Marc Daniels
Student Teaching
Spring 2008
Reading Activity (attached to the Burns and Roe Reading and Comprehension Article)
This activity proved to be quite difficult for one of my students, because it introduced them to words and concepts that were unfamiliar to them. Due to the amount of miscues in this article, I figured it would be a good activity to go back to. In this activity we would re-read the article, emphasizing making corrections when miscues are made. Then we would determine which words were difficult to read and how to find the meaning of the words using the context. If the text proved to be too difficult, then I would have the student look up the word either online or using a dictionary to discover the meaning. In this case, I would have he student write the word in a new sentence or context.