Book Handling Assessment

Leo’s responses are in italics

1. Show book; title covered by hand. “What’s this?”

I don’t know this book. It’s a famous book because it has a badge (points to Caldecott award on cover).

2. Display book. What do you do with it?”

Read it. Sometimes you just look at the pictures if you don’t know how to read.

3. “What’s inside it?”

Pictures.

4. Hold on to a page. “Show me a page in this book.”

Leo is able to show what a page is.

5. “Show me the top of the page. Show me the bottom of the page.”

Leo is able to show the top and bottom of the page.

6. Present book upside down and back toward child. “Show me the front of the book.”

Leo indicates front page, and knows “title.”

7. “Show me the beginning of the story. Show me the end of the story.”

Leo shows the title page and the end page.

8. Turn back to the beginning of the story. “Show me with your finger exactly where we have to begin reading.”

Leo starts wiggling in his chair, and will not indicate the first page.

9. “Show me with your finger which way we go as we read this page.”

Leo indicates left to right, says, “I would read this way.”

10. “Where will we read then?”
Leo indicates top line to bottom line, with return sweep.

11. “Read the book to me.”

Leo declined

“Pretend to read it.”

With me reading every other page, Leo reluctantly hypothesizes what is going on in each picture.

12. Read one page. “You point to the story while I read it.” Read slowly.

Leo does not match spoken with written words.

13. Turn to a page with print and a picture on it. Turn the book upside down. “Can you read this now?”

No, because it’s upside down. And I can’t read.

14. Show student how to use masking cards to close “curtains” over “window.” Ask child to close curtains until they find one letter. Now two letters.

Leo was not able to complete this activity due to lack of attention

15. “Show me the first letter in a word. Show me the last letter in a word.”

Leo indicated both first and last letters.

16. Comprehension: “Tell me something about the story.”

I didn’t like it. Because I don’t like books, except Star Wars books.