When I made my unit plans for PSII, I included both formative and summative assessments, but it was not until I made my way through this practicum, that I realized the true importance of assessment, as well as various ways to do create and deliver it. Improving the assessment that I was giving my students was definitely one of my main areas of growth and improvement in PSII. Both of my Teacher Associates and my University Consultant guided me in implementing various types of assessment throughout my time in Milk River. Below are some example of both formative and summative assessments that I utilized, as well as some examples of student work.
Formative:
Below is a template and some exemplars of anecdotal reading notes that I created during PSII. My Grade 8 English class only had eight students and each class was 80 minutes long, which gave me tons of time to observe each student one on one. This really allowed me to get to know and guide students, and modify my planning for each of them. The notes I took were based on four categories: decoding, vocabulary development, comprehension, and fluency. I completed these notes on each student twice throughout my practicum, which allowed me to see how their growth and improvement over time.
Below is a template and some exemplars of anecdotal reading notes that I created during PSII. My Grade 8 English class only had eight students and each class was 80 minutes long, which gave me tons of time to observe each student one on one. This really allowed me to get to know and guide students, and modify my planning for each of them. The notes I took were based on four categories: decoding, vocabulary development, comprehension, and fluency. I completed these notes on each student twice throughout my practicum, which allowed me to see how their growth and improvement over time.
Summative:
Below are examples of summative assessment that I used for the Grade 9 English class that I taught. The first example is a mini-quiz that I used to ensure that students were completing their assigned readings and comprehending what they were reading. I would assign a chapter or two to read for homework and then four times throughout the six weeks I was there, I gave students a mini-quiz that consisted of no more than three questions. I was a quick and easy way for me to track student understanding. The other example I have for summative assessment was the final project that students completed for the novel. For this project, students brought together everything that they had learned throughout the novel study and put it together into a totem pole or an at.óow. I was thoroughly impressed with how much effort and thought students put into this assignment. There are a few examples of student work below.
Below are examples of summative assessment that I used for the Grade 9 English class that I taught. The first example is a mini-quiz that I used to ensure that students were completing their assigned readings and comprehending what they were reading. I would assign a chapter or two to read for homework and then four times throughout the six weeks I was there, I gave students a mini-quiz that consisted of no more than three questions. I was a quick and easy way for me to track student understanding. The other example I have for summative assessment was the final project that students completed for the novel. For this project, students brought together everything that they had learned throughout the novel study and put it together into a totem pole or an at.óow. I was thoroughly impressed with how much effort and thought students put into this assignment. There are a few examples of student work below.