Guided Reading

Student Assessment Grid

Book Title ___________________________________________ Class ________
Directions: The following can be used as an assessment tool for when discussing books with the group.
Refer to the back for a detailed rubric.

Student: Student:

Connections Connections

Vocabulary Vocabulary

Comprehension Comprehension

Predicting Predicting
1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details) 1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details)

Student: Student:

Connections Connections

Vocabulary Vocabulary

Comprehension Comprehension

Predicting Predicting
1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details) 1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details)

Student: Student:

Connections Connections

Vocabulary Vocabulary

Comprehension Comprehension

Predicting Predicting
1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details) 1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details)

Student: Student:

Connections Connections

Vocabulary Vocabulary

Comprehension Comprehension

Predicting Predicting

1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details) 1-5 Rating Scale (Refer to back for details)

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 Guided Reading Rubric
Teacher Note: Feel free to use the following guidelines to help assess your students’ understanding of the
reading strategies of connecting, understanding key vocabulary, comprehension, and predicting. These
are only suggested guidelines.

Level 1 Level 2-3 Level 4 Level 5

Making Connections (text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world)
Reader thoroughly
Reader was unable to Reader made some Reader explained all
explained all connections
make connections connections but did not connections in detail how
in detail how his/her
between text and explain them all in detail. his/her experiences aided
experiences aided in
self/text/or world. in understanding text.
understanding text.

Understanding Key Vocabulary

Reader had difficulty Reader had difficulty
For the most part, reader Reader understood the
understanding the understanding the
understood the meaning meaning of the words,
meaning of most words meaning of many words
of most words and used used strategies, and was
and did not use any and did not use any
strategies to help out. able to share meanings.
strategies to help out. strategies to help out.

Comprehension and Summarizing

Reader included some Reader retold the story Reader retold the
Reader was unable to
details when sharing but using main ideas and story effectively
include key details when
left out some very supporting details when and efficiently when
sharing what was read.
important details. sharing what was read. sharing what was read.

Predicting and Making Inferences

Reader did not attempt to Reader attempted to Reader drew conclusions Reader drew conclusions
make predictions or draw make predictions or draw and made predictions and made detailed
conclusions and did not conclusions but did not and provided evidence predictions and provided
use textual evidence. use textual evidence. from the text. evidence from the text.

Other Teacher Notes:

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