Teachers are constantly assessing students, and it almost becomes second nature. When I refer to assessments, I'm not talking about formal assessments. I'm referring to those we can do quickly and easily, but that can effectively help us plan and understand where our students are with reading. Unfortunately, when assessing on the fly, we can't just run and grab a notebook to write it all down. So, we must have easy assessments that can give us a better idea of our student's reading levels.
