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= = __ASSESSING READING AND WRITING__ Early literacy assessment is both necessary and vital in monitoring a student learning in both reading and writing. Assessing student’s growth and understanding in crucial in order to ensure they are not struggling or being left behind. It helps teachers continue to plan lessons in order to meet the student’s needs and ensures appropriate learning experiences. There are many ways to informally and formally asses’ students’ progression in the classroom, however those mainly used and recommended by the ‘Teachers writing/ Reading Program’ are; -Informal observation -Formal assessment -Discussions -Student self and peer evaluations



INFORMAL OBSERVATION Informal observation is regarded as the fundamental point for assessing a child’s development. It involves observing and recording essential points while students reading and write, what they exceed and struggle with in order to address their weaknesses and foster their strengths.   

FORMAL ASSESMENT Formal assessment comes under the guise of many forms such as the Writers/ Readers Analysis Guide, The observation survey and Spelling analysis guide. These are all formal tests which the student takes in order to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of various topics.  

DISCUSSIONS <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Information provided by not only students but also their parents, care givers etc as to the students interests, their attitude towards certain topics and what they want to learn in the future. It also allows students the opportunity to discuss their own writing/ reading and the outcomes they wish to achieve. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">

STUDENT SELFAND PEER EVALUATIONS <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Here students are encouraged to reflect on their own skills and asses their understanding of varying topics. Students can be engaged in ‘Things I know about…” charts which are an easy way to monitor children’s achievements. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">(J Bradbury et al, 1997, pp 54- 57) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"> Assessing Comprehension in Reading Assessing comprehension in reading is an essential component in ensuring children understand what it is they are reading. It involves being asked a series of prompts which can either be, Literal, which asks the reader to recall information provided in the text, Interpretative, which asks the reader to interoperate information and read between the lines to answer questions about the text and lastly, Inferential questions which require the reader to look beyond the text itself to hidden messages and morals etc. (Hill, 2006. pp 193) <span style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">