Week 5 Assignment 2

Mary identified the Grade 2 word list and demonstrated that she can read grade 2 text at instructional level. Mary identified 16 words correctly and automatically and could not identify four words. She read nicely and quickly except for the 4 words she had difficulty with. Mary left out some letters and added others, and lost her place towards the end of the assessment.

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