After the administration of my two running records I noticed may common errors of my students. I administered running records to a Spanish speaking and Korean speaking student. The majority of their errors were in meaning and comprehension. Since the books that the children were looking at were picture books there was not a real problem with visual cues. The syntax mistakes were common for the age group. Some of the words that they had trouble with were: eight (ate), knew (new) and hard. The lack of understanding of the story made these words hard to understand. They often looked to the pictures for clarification, but the pictures were somewhat misleading. When I asked a few questions about the story it seemed that they understood the story, but lacked good solid details that could be supported by the story.
If I was teaching these students I would use many pre reading strategies. I would introduce vocabulary and talk about homophones to help clarify eight and knew. I would also do a picture walk with the students to allow them to look at the pictures, make predictions and clarify exactly what is happening in the pictures. I also the students would have benefited from echo or choral reading to allow for better understanding.
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