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Consider what you have learned about assessment practices from Professor Au’s comments, the classroom examples, and the activities in this session. Write a summary what you have learned. Use the questions below to guide your thinking. When you have finished, save your written work to submit as an assignment and, if you are taking this workshop for credit, include it in your Literacy Practices Portfolio.
If you are taking this workshop for credit, complete the next section of the Literacy Practices Portfolio.
In this activity, you will continue to build your portfolio of instructional practices. When you have finished, save your written work to submit as an assigment. Your portfolio for this workshop will include the following:
Include your Assessment Chart from What Do You Do? Then, describe how you assess reading and writing throughout the day. Consider the following questions:
Include your written response from What Did You Learn?
Choose one instructional change that you described in What Did You Learn? to implement now. What is your thinking behind making this change? Describe the change in detail and explain how it will be implemented (e.g., an instructional practice, a lesson plan, a plan for modeling a strategy, etc.). What are the expected outcomes for student learning? Design a lesson plan and implement this change.
Write a brief reflection about what worked when you implemented this change and what you will change the next time you teach this lesson. (If you are taking this workshop during the summer, describe the learning goals and expected outcomes of this change.)
In this section of your portfolio, you will submit evidence documenting student learning. Select one student whom you have assessed in reading or writing. Include two to three performance samples and a record of your assessment. Write a paragraph describing the student’s performance and the instruction you will use to improve it. Listed below are possible pieces of evidence: