What is Reading 3D?
Reading 3D is a program implemented kindergarten through third grade to monitor students' reading progress. Students are assessed three times a year, at the beginning, middle, and end of the year. The data collected from these assessments are used to inform instruction to address a child's strengths and weaknesses. There are two different components to Reading 3D, DIBELS and TRC. DIBELS assesses students' literacy skills while the TRC component tests students' reading comprehension. The DIBELS portion of the assessment will vary depending on the grade level a student is in. Below is a break down of the various components of DIBELS and when they are assessed.
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Early stage of phonemic awareness
Hearing/distinguishing beginning sounds in spoken words.
Assessed in Kindergarten
First Sound Fluency (FSF)
Ability to match letter name to a symbol. This is a predictor of future reading success, but is not a necessary skill for learning to read.
Assessed in Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Letter Name Fluency (LNF)
Assessing the student's fluency of segmenting a spoken word into its sound parts.
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Assessed in Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF)
Assesses letter sound correspondence and the ability to blend letters into a word in which letters represent their most common sounds.
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Assessed in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade
Nonsense Word Fluency (NWF)
DORF
Dibels Oral Reading Fluency
Assesses fluency, accuracy, retell, and quality of response. Students read a timed passage to check accuracy and how well the student comprehended the text.
Assessed in 1st through 3rd Grade
DAZE
Assesses the student's ability to construct meaning from text using word recognition skills, background information and prior knowledge, familiarity of linguistic properties, and reasoning skills.
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Assessed in 3rd Grade
Text Reading Comprehension
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Similar to a Running Record, students are assessed using leveled text to determine instructional needs in the areas of fluency, accuracy, and comprehension (retell, oral, and constructed response).
Assessed Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
TRC
Word Recognition
Assessment of a student's ability to read high frequency words with accuracy and fluency.
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Assessed in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
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Additional Information can be found by looking at the North Carolina Read to Achieve LiveBinder linked here. The LiveBinder includes videos for parent learning, summer reading resources, online reading activities, read alouds, bilingual resources, etc. It is worth checking out! ​
What level should my child be at on the TRC?
The table above indicates what level students should be at the beginning of year (BOY), middle of year (MOY), and end of year (EOY). The "Proficient" column is where an on grade level student should be reading. The other columns indicate if a student is far below grade level, below grade level, or above grade level based on their TRC reading score.
How can I help strengthen my child's literacy skills?
A website completely devoted to developing students' literacy skills can be found by going to:
www.mclasshome.com/homeconnect
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This resource is broken into four sections: phonological awareness, phonics, accurate and fluent reading, and reading comprehension. Parents can select which areas their child need growth in, and practice the activities given. Activities are classified for "On the Go" or "At Home." Some of the "At Home" activities are linked to other free websites to practice skills with online games.
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TRC question stems can also be used to check students' comprehension. These question stems can be adjusted for any text. Parents can use the question stems after reading with their child. The question stems are leveled based on the TRC comprehension levels of Reading 3D. These start at level F. Students are asked to construct a written response to questions similar to the TRC stems.
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Linked is an example of TRC question stems. Others can be found online by searching "TRC Question Stems."