The main concept I took away from the Powerpoint this week was the difference between phonics and phonemic awareness.
Phonics is being able to read and decode the words on the page. Phonics is what is being applied when reading a book.
I enjoyed throughout this presentation that there were strategies to use if you notice a certain mistake happening consistently with a student. I just finished assessing my tutee using Foutas and Pinnell running records, and the QRI-5 5th grade passages so I am going to analyze what I found and see what strategies I can take away from this powerpoint to work on with my tutee in the coming tutorial sessions. I know he is having a hard time with compound words so I am going to work with him on compound words and breaking them into words he already knows. He also has a hard time with Syllabication so I am going to incorporate the strategy suggested on knowing the six different types to better help my student progress in his reading abilities. He also needs a lot of work with comprehension but he is willing to take the steps to get better.
Assessment Powerpoint
1. What is the general purpose of assessments? Assessments are meant to help guide your instruction. It is important to know where your students are performing during lessons but as well as after a unit or lesson to help guide your instruction for them. They are necessary to inform you. 2. What must assessments reflect? Assessments should reflect the standards you are teaching and where you are wanting the students to be. Also you should be assessing on their levels to see where improvements are needing to be made. 3. What is the purpose of norm-referenced tests? The purpose of these tests are for you to see how your students are performing in reference to the performance of other students around the nation on their same grade level. 4. What is the difference in formative and summative assessments? Formative assessments help guide your instruction whereas summative assessments are assessing how much the students learned from your instruction. 5. Are tests a good measurement to determine student performance? It depends on what kinds of tests they are. If tests are used in the right format for what is being taught then yes, but if the concepts are deeper understanding and the students are being assessed on the surface level than no they are not good at determining student performance. 6. What are high-stakes test used for? High-stakes tests are used for gaining perspective on how schools, districts, and states are performing in relation to other areas. This is an overall arching test that can determine who is underperforming and where they are underperforming.
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