DIBELS/Justin
The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are a set of procedures and measures designed to assess the acquisition of early literacy skills from kindergarten through sixth grade. As emphasized by Kaminski, Cummings, Powell-Smith, and Good (2008), DIBELS is a generic indicator and represents a broader sequence of skills to be taught. I approached family friends about using DIBELS to test their younger son, Justin, a sixth grade student. Justin is a high achiever with very good grades and a positive attitude about school. His best subject is math. His parents have been worried about Justin's reading skills. Although he was tutored in reading at Sylvan Learning Center, Justin's parents still do not believe he has attained the proficiency of which they believe he is capable. I hoped DIBELS would demonstrate Justin's reading strengths and weaknesses.
In talking with Justin, I discovered he has a more extensive vocabulary than many of his sixth grade peers. The household is multilingual and, in addition to English, two other languages are spoken at home. Justin attends evening classes twice a week, learning to read and write both Greek and Albanian.
The testing took place in the family's home office. The room was comfortably warm, well lit, and painted in a light color. It was a good setting in which Justin could focus on testing. Justin was prepared for the testing and was cooperative throughout, although he did not seem to be very enthusiastic about the process.
For the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) test, Justin read three passages: "The Grand Canyon" (345 words/3 errors), "Over the Rainbow" (348 words/4 errors), and "Louis Erdrich" (321 words/1 error)....
Geology Identify each of the events represented on diagram 1. Include at least the information below: (1) Begin with the oldest event. Make sure that you somehow tell me which event is the oldest, which is the next oldest, etc. The oldest lettered event in the diagram is (C), referring to the sedimentary layer of limestone. The next oldest event is (B), which is the basalt and silt layer that infiltrated. The next
Grand Canyon is one of the most sought after destinations in Arizona, U.S. The landscape as well as the trails offered to individual traveler's offers a unique environment that can only be found here. The Grand Canyon National Park surrounds a gorge of the Colorado River and was established on Feb. 26th 1919. The National Park covers 1902 square miles of Arizona landscape. Connecting the northern and southern rim
Grand Canyon was formed by exploring four possible hypotheses. Initially the superimposition mechanism intuitively seemed to be the more plausible explanation for Grand Canyon formation, but the weight of the evidence from the field trip lies with the overflow mechanism. Though it still leaves some questions unanswered, and some formations and processes unaccounted for, overall the overflow mechanism offers the best explanation. To begin with, the first requirement for being
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Cambrian System of the Grand Canyon The purpose of this work is to research and examine the relevant information available in relation to the Cambrian System of the Grand Canyon. Just above the break in the historical record of rocks which is referred to as "the unconformity" in the Grand Canyon noticed in 1869 by John Wesley Powell while on his pioneer voyage, are the Cambrian Tapeats Sandstone. The Great Uncomformity is
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