baggesen_journal4

__Type of Assessment:__ Informal, written assessment __Context:__ This assessment focuses on reading comprehension. Besides just asking students to name story elements to demonstrate reading comprehension, teachers have used the method of summaries to see if students are understanding and realizing what is important in a text. This assessment was a worksheet where a short 3 paragraph story was written. A series of questions followed the reading. The questions focused on obtaining the main ideas in the story. It started with a general question, asking what the main idea was in the first paragraph, then the questions became not so transparent with their goals. Students were asked questions such as, what does this paragraph say about this subject? __Structure:__ Students were given this assessment during the morning reading time. Each student worked silently and independently. __Results:__ Some students excelled understood exactly the main points the story was giving. Others either did not put a lot of effort in or simply did not comprehend when they responded with ‘couldn’t find answer’. Other students were almost there. They understood what was being told to them, but not able to distinguish what was the point or the main ideas of the story. __Implementation:__ Because this assessment was not a formal assessment, students are able to receive feedback on their work to be able to work on areas that need it before a formal assessment is given. The teacher was able to see what students grasped the concept and which ones needed further instruction and how much more they needed. __Reflection:__ I believe this was a very useful assessment. After reviewing the students’ work, the teacher then can have better knowledge of how to group children when working on comprehension. The teacher could either keep all those students who need more help in one group and work with them his/herself or group them with students who he/she knows understands the concept and can help those who are struggling. This helps students also because they can see what areas they are having trouble in and have time to work and improve on them before a formal assessment is administered.

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