Miscue Analysis: Understanding Children's Reading Strategies

1. Reading Reading:Miscue Analysis Linda Austin and Mark Sherin

2. Miscue Analysis Active Individual words Patterns Mistake in word identification

3. What is ‘Miscue Analysis’? “A Window on to children’s reading strategies” obtaining errors in order to see which strategies a pupil uses egies Strat what you see through the window needs appropriate interpretation

4. Miscue Analysis is: • An art not a science – “skill attained by study, practice, or observation”. • There will be some disagreement on how errors are classified because we cannot look into a child’s brain and say categorically a particular error relates to a specific strategy.

5. Symbols for recording miscues and reading behaviour

6. Carrying out a Miscue Analysis Stage 1 Obtaining Errors: Running Reading Record • Need errors – text has to be challenging enough to obtain errors but not so challenging that the child becomes distressed OBSERVE…OBSERVE…OBSERVE…OBSERVE • Consistent method of recording

7. Stage 2: Interpreting and Analysing Errors Record and categorise errors using miscue sheet (s)

8. Record and Categorise Errors

9. Record and Categorise Errors

10. Will the following help? • Record the pupil reading-this will take time element out of process. • Practice practice practice • Own the symbols that you use when recording errors. • Initially work with a partner to categorise errors • Be kind to yourself !