Assessment

Assessment is a practice that allows teachers to reflect on their teaching and see what are understanding. It can be done formally through written exams or informally through conversations and observations. Using formative assessments, can help a teacher understand children's misconceptions about a topic and what they understand and have yet to learn.


Evidence #1 (Differentiation)

Sorts can be very useful in finding out what children understand. Sorts can be more helpful than your typical test, because it is more fun for the children since they can cut and glue. This is a sort I have used for living and non-living, with Kindergarten. This shows me, if the children have learned what they were supposed to learn at the end of our lesson. Some of the children completed this sort while others used a similar sort with words, because some could read while others are not ready for that yet.


Evidence #2

Running records are very informational to understand where an individual reader is. This is a running record that I did on one of my students on the book "Me". This running record told me that he knew his sight words, but could not decode unknown words. By doing this, I also learned he was relying heavily on the pictures. This helped me plan for my guided reading lesson and teach him to decode words.