CLC Survey and Question by Nicole Miller

I chose three surveys to analyze Reading Interest Inventory which came from www.origins.org, Literacy Assessment Packet assembled by Courtney Lough (which I will refer to as LAPA). This can be located at http://www.hcsb.k12.fl.us and Quia-Reading Interest Survey, which cn be found at http://www.quia.com.

The Quia Survey is directed towards the high school level student. It asks if they are male or female, what grade they are in, the type of materials that they read, the kinds of books that they read, the last good book they read, how they rate themselves as a reader, and where they get books.

The Origins Survey differs in its types of questions. It asks what they like to read and if they like to read, what their favorite books are, if they have their own books or use the library, and if they have a library card. It also asks their favorite places to read, what they do in their free time, if they like school, what their most favorite and least favorite school subject is and, if they could visit any place in the world, where would they go? I like this survey the best because it not only asks reading habits but targets in on the students interests as well.

The last survey referred to as the LAPA Survey asks if they are a reader, when, where and how often they read at home, how they feel about reading, what they like most and least about it, their favorite authors, what kinds of books they like to read. It also asks the last book they read and if they are reading now, how they pick out the books, how many books they read over the summer and what were they, what their favorite book of all time is, what they are hoping to read this year, what kinds of books they like to listen to read aloud, and how the teacher can help them become a better reader.

I teach second grade and one motivational activity that I use in my classroom is having my students read for a purpose. For example, if we are doing a unit on frogs I would ask the students specific questions before the reading that they would either look or listen for during the reading this technique always seems to work well in my classroom.