Reading Survey
Name: 


  1. I choose reading as an activity, outside of school.


  1. How often do you choose to read a book because you know or have heard something about it?
    Always
    Often
    Sometimes
    Seldom
    Never


  1. My friends recommend books that I consider reading.


  1. How do you rate Melissa Orth's book talks for selecting independent reading books?
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Not helpful at all  Very helpful


  1. How often do you use the following reading strategies in your CONTENT AREA classes?

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Previewing Never Always  
      Connecting Never Always  
      Inferring Never Always  
      Visualizing Never Always  
      Questioning Never Always  
      Determining Importance and synthesizing Never Always  
      Synthesizing and summarizing Never Always  


  1. How often do you use the following reading strategies during PERSONAL READING?

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Previewing Never Always  
      Connecting Never Always  
      Inferring Never Always  
      Visualizing Never Always  
      Questioning Never Always  
      Determining Importance and synthesizing Never Always  
      Synthesizing and summarizing Never Always  


  1. Rate the reading strategies you use during PERSONAL READING.

    Use the range listed below.

    Very comfortable - Understand the strategy and apply it all the time during personal reading.
    Somewhat comfortable - Know the strategy but don't use it often during personal reading.
    Unsure - Not sure how to apply the strategy during personal reading.
    Very unsure - Don't know how to use the strategy during personal reading.


            1 2 3 4      
      Previewing Very comfortable Very unsure  
      Connecting Very comfortable Very unsure  
      Inferring Very comfortable Very unsure  
      Visualizing Very comfortable Very unsure  
      Questioning Very comfortable Very unsure  
      Determining Importance and Synthesizing Very comfortable Very unsure  
      Synthesizing and Summarizing Very comfortable Very unsure  
      Developing Vocabulary Very comfortable Very unsure  


  1. Which statement best describes how you feel about A Christmas Carol guided reading lessons in literacy block?
    I would rather read it on my own without any discussion.
    I didn't mind it but I could have done it on my own just as easily.
    It really helped me understand the book.
    I liked participating in the discussion.
    I would not have understood the book unless I participated in the lessons.


  1. If you have foreign language, which statement best describes how you feel about missing literacy block every other day.
    It doesn't matter, I read often enough outside of school.
    I hate to read, so I am glad to be missing it.
    I really enjoy reading, and I wish I could be in literacy block every day.


  1. I would like to have a book read aloud during literacy block.
    frequently
    once a quarter
    once a semester
    never


  1. Which of these statements comes closest to the way you feel about reading?

    I really enjoy reading and often read when I have free time.
    I like to read but have a hard time with it.
    Reading is OK. I can take it or leave it.
    Reading is something you do if someone makes you, but I don't enjoy it.
    I hate reading.


  1. Do you have any suggestions for how we can improve independent reading for you?





Mrs. Kovacs
7-12 Mathematics Teacher; Intervention Specialist; Reading Specialist; Instructional Technology
Facing History New Tech High School
Cleveland, OH