Name______Date______
Basic Reading Inventory
Grade 1 – Fall and Spring
Lexile 190
(Record miscues including substitutions, insertions, omissions, and reversals. You may also record repetitions, self-corrections, and pauses, but these are NOT counted as miscues. Telling students the word should be used minimally and as a last resort. Time the reading for spring collection.)
“Read this title to yourself and tell me what you think will happen. Read the story, and I will ask you some questions about the story when you are finished.”
Spotty Swims
One day Spotty went for a walk.
The sun was warm. Spotty walked to
the pond. There he saw a frog. The
frog was on a log. Spotty wanted to
play. Spotty began to bark. The frog
jumped into the water.
Then Spotty jumped into the water.
But poor Spotty did not know what to
do. The water was very deep. The water
went way over his head. Spotty moved
his legs. Soon his head came out of the
water. He kept on moving. He came to
the other side of the pond. That is how
Spotty learned to swim.
Number of miscues_____ Accuracy_____% Questions Correct______
Total Time______WPM_____ (6000 ¸ time in seconds – SPRING ONLY)
(Ask the following questions and record answers.)
1. What is this story about?
(Spotty and a frog; how Spotty learned to swim)
2. Where did Spotty go?
(to the pond; for a walk)
3. What did Spotty see?
(a frog)
4. What happened when Spotty saw the frog?
(he barked; he wanted to play; he jumped into the water{any 1})
5. What did the frog do when Spotty barked?
(the frog jumped into the water)
6. What did Spotty do when the water went over his head?
(moved his legs; he didn’t know what to do)
7. What did Spotty learn in this story?
(how to swim)
8. Who was Spotty?
( a dog; a puppy)
9. Why do you think Spotty wanted to play with the frog?
(any logical response; he was lonely)
10. What is a “pond”?
(like a lake; water)
Questions Correct ______
(You may score in ½ point increments)