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Knowing Where Our Students Are: . The Role Collecting Evidence Plays In Our Classrooms Stanley British Primary School Intern Program Amy Pregulman August 25, 2011. Our Time Together. Guiding Questions: *How are we meeting each child’s needs? * How do we know? Learning Objectives
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Knowing Where Our Students Are: The Role Collecting Evidence Plays In Our Classrooms Stanley British Primary School Intern Program Amy Pregulman August 25, 2011
Our Time Together Guiding Questions: *How are we meeting each child’s needs? * How do we know? Learning Objectives * Articulate the difference between Diagnostic, Formative and Summative Assessment *Administer Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment *Score and articulate results from assessment to inform just right students’ reading level
Time • 3:40: Goals and Objectives for afternoon • Introduction to Assessment • Delving into Diagnostic Assessment • Just Right Books • 4:55 Stretch • 5:00-6:00 Fountas and Pinnell • 6:00-6:15 Debrief • Don’t forget Exit tickets!
Assessment • Diagnostic: pre-assessment • Formative: on-going assessment for learning. • Summative: assessment of learning
Diagnostic Assessment • Pre-assessment • Designed to determine a students’ entry point into learning objectives. • What do they know now? • Photo on driver’s license • How does where they are effect my instruction? • Essential for planning for student needs and differentiation to meaningfully support student learning • Builds off students’ readiness, interests, learning profile
Just Right Books • Current Research: Independent Level Text • High Interest: self-selected • 95% accuracy rate (levels A-K) • 98% accuracy rate (levels L-Z) • High level of fluency and comprehension • Readers need lots and lots of JR texts to get to be better readers • Solve words easily • Read fluently • Comprehend easily
Struggling Readers and Just Right Books • Struggling readers need even more text! • QUANTITY • Increase vocabulary • Internalize new language structures • Develops fluency • Increases comprehension
Assessment: Now What Do We Know? Diagnostic: pre-assessment • Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment • Dibels • WIST • WADE • QRI • DRA Formative: on-going assessment for learning. Summative: assessment of learning