In this session, teachers will learn the importance of assessing phonemic awareness, phonics knowledge, automaticity and fluency and to sample students' oral reading using reading records to help inform instruction. Through close analysis of behaviors, errors, self-corrections, and responses, teachers will use data analyses to make instructional plans that help move readers forward. Teachers will walk away with the tools they need to assess beyond the basics of Meaning Structure and Visual Information as well as practical strategies that will help develop the Big 6 competencies in reading.