Assessment Review

Assessment 101

100

What are the characteristics of observational notes?

Factual, brief, relevant, strengths-based

200

What are the areas of development and learning?

Social emotional, physical, language, cognitive, literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, arts, ela

300

What are the four main steps of the assesment cycle?

Observe, analyze (choose the ODL), evaluate (level), plan

Name the Skills

100

While listening to the book, "My Five Senses" child pointed to own body parts and matched to body parts in the illustrations

8a, 14a, 18a, 29

200

While completing a puzzle of ocean animals with adult assistance, child started singing baby shark recognizably in tune

7a, 11e, 25, 34

300

Pointed to horse in book and said “saw horsey, zoo!” after trip to zoo

 

9d, 12a, 25

Indicators

100

Grips drawing and writing tools with whole hand, but may use whole-arm movements to make marks

7b Uses writing and drawing tools

200

Practices an activity many times until successful

11b persists

300

Pretends to read a familiar book treating each page as a separate unit; names and describes what is on each page, using pictures as cues

18b Uses emergent reading skills

Examples

100

Shouts, "seven!" and jumps up and down seven times when teacher holds up 7 card

20c Connects numerals with their quantities

200

Says, "Let's pretend to be seeds growing like in the book"

14a Thinks symbolically

300

Waits behind another child at the water fountain

3a Balances needs and rights of self and others