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Jamie Simoes EDC 452 Journal #5 While being at me placement I am able to observe multiple forms of assessment. Some involve the entire class, while some only involve one on one assessment’s done between the students and the teacher. This particular assessment that I observed was done one on one with the students and the teacher. All students were eventually tested but it took a while since the teacher had to work with each student individually. This specific assessment happens a lot in this classroom. The teacher is testing each students reading level. After she assesses each student she assigns them 3 books that match their reading level. These books are to be read by the student when they finish their independent work and also be brought home with the student every night, where they should be reading for homework. The particular reading assessment that I saw take place was with a student who was on level H. This student was ranked average compared to the rest of the students in the class. The teacher informed me ahead of time that this specific student tends to be lazy at times and does not try very hard when it comes to reading. As I watched the assessment I was able to see what the teacher was talking about. The teacher had the student read an “H” level book first and then gave her a level “I” book to read. The student did great with the level “H” book but when it came to being challenged with the level “I” book she did not seem to try nearly has much. She would get stuck on a word and if she could not figure it out she would say another word that she knew that started with the same letter even if it didn’t make any sense. She did not try to sound out the long or hard words; instead she would skip over them. This student does not like reading and it is apparent when she is being tested. Because of this the teacher has recommended that she joins the breakfast club that meets every Tuesday morning before school starts. This club is for struggling readers who need extra help. Being invited to join this club has excited this student and the teacher is hoping that it will help her become more excited about reading. After the assessment is complete the teacher informs me that she gave this student 2 “I” level books, and 1 “H” level book. She did this specifically because she wants the student to not get frustrated with all three books, so by placing one in that bag that isn’t as challenging will help boost the child’s confidence and hopefully help her stay focused on reading the other two books a little longer. Watching this assessment was an eye opening for me. You really have to learn each individual student’s personality to really understand them and their habits. I realized how important it is to observe each student a great amount because you can learn a lot about the way they are performing in certain subjects. For instance this specific student tends to be lazy when it comes to reading and knowing this the teacher is able to gage where the student should be not where the student is testing at. I really enjoyed watching this specific assessment and I feel that I learned a lot about testing reading levels.

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