The two assessments that measure early literacy skills for students in grades K-2 are Early Literacy Skills Assessment (ELSA) by High/Scope and the Children’s Progress Academic Assessment (CPAA). The ELSA evaluates a student’s "comprehension, phonological awareness, the alphabetic principle, and concepts (DeBruin-Parecki, 2005).” This process consists of three separate forms that are to be completed by the assessor throughout several evaluation activities. The first form is completed during a collaborative reading session with the student; second form is to be filled in after the completion of each session conducted and the third form which is a summary of the second form is to be finalized after it is completely filled in. Once they are reviewed
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This assessment is easily administered when a student logins onto the website by using their personal identification information. The assessment is automatically generated and aligned with the state and Common Core Standards, permitting a teacher to determine if a student requires extra assistance. This online skills assessment presents educators with a dependable tool that will guide them through creating an appropriate instructional approach to meet the needs of each of their early childhood learners. Additionally, the Children’s Progress Academic Assessment offers parent reports and activities they can complete with their child at home (NWEA, …show more content…
It certainly is critical to be aware of prior knowledge so that students are able to engage in exanimating, conveying, and rationalizing in order to construct new comprehension of the information being introduced. The pre-assessment is to be conducted prior to the lesson being implemented so that I am able to identify the skill level of the individual students. This grants me the opportunity to plan accordingly in order to make certain that I am meeting each student individual needs by creating differentiated instruction throughout the lesson. Prior to the students completing the pre-assessment I will converse with them about what rhyming words are while making certain that I am apparent in explaining what rhyming entails. Once this is done, I will read the book "Hop on Pop", and assist the students in identifying the rhyming words in the story. I will utilize the word “hop” as an example, writing it on the white erase board as I underline the two end letters. I will then encourage the students to participate in the class decision by raising their hand to provide me with different examples of other words they believe rhymes with hop. I will continue to choose and write down other words, such as wig, can, etc. and ask them for additional words that rhyme with each one. This gives the opportunity to incorporate the use of the thumbs up or down activity to uncover if the
This assessment is easily administered when a student logins onto the website by using their personal identification information. The assessment is automatically generated and aligned with the state and Common Core Standards, permitting a teacher to determine if a student requires extra assistance. This online skills assessment presents educators with a dependable tool that will guide them through creating an appropriate instructional approach to meet the needs of each of their early childhood learners. Additionally, the Children’s Progress Academic Assessment offers parent reports and activities they can complete with their child at home (NWEA, …show more content…
It certainly is critical to be aware of prior knowledge so that students are able to engage in exanimating, conveying, and rationalizing in order to construct new comprehension of the information being introduced. The pre-assessment is to be conducted prior to the lesson being implemented so that I am able to identify the skill level of the individual students. This grants me the opportunity to plan accordingly in order to make certain that I am meeting each student individual needs by creating differentiated instruction throughout the lesson. Prior to the students completing the pre-assessment I will converse with them about what rhyming words are while making certain that I am apparent in explaining what rhyming entails. Once this is done, I will read the book "Hop on Pop", and assist the students in identifying the rhyming words in the story. I will utilize the word “hop” as an example, writing it on the white erase board as I underline the two end letters. I will then encourage the students to participate in the class decision by raising their hand to provide me with different examples of other words they believe rhymes with hop. I will continue to choose and write down other words, such as wig, can, etc. and ask them for additional words that rhyme with each one. This gives the opportunity to incorporate the use of the thumbs up or down activity to uncover if the