Assessment Strategies
Reading & Writing
Finish this sentence!
Familiar (?) Terms
100

This method is at the root of all assessment.

Observation

100

A pillar of writing. Hint: "Let's eat Grandma!"

Punctuation

100

Speaking, writing and representing are the ______ dimensions of Language & Literacy

Expressive

100

These pedagogies centre community, land, and place as the basis for all learning. 

Place-based / Land-based

200

This process happens when a learner takes part in their own assessment.

Learner Self-Assessment

200

When thinking about writing, we must always consider these two things:

Purpose & Audience

200
Viewing, Reading, and Listening are the ________ dimensions of Language & Literacy 

Receptive 

200

When understanding a learner, we must take into account their intellectual, physical and cultural backgrounds. These components (amongst others) make up the idea that students exist with and come to class with _________.

Funds of Knowledge
300
A ______ is a collection of documents gathered over time to show case a learner's work and progress.

Portfolio

300

These are the 3 stages of reading. 

Ready to Read


Learning to Read


Reading to Learn

300

_____ language skills form the foundation for all literacy development.

Oral

300

This pedagogy believes that students' many modes of operating should be accounted for, and that teachers should provide learning experiences that centre: 

SITUATED PRACTICE [Experiencing]

OVERT INSTRUCTION [Conceptualizing] 

CRITICAL FRAMING [Analyzing] 

TRANSFORMED PRACTICE [Applying]

Multi-literacies pedagogies

400

This process happens when teachers and students  meet 1:1 or in small-groups to discuss their learning and work. 

Conferences

400

Name the 5 general stages of the writing process. 

Pre-writing

Drafting

Revision

Editing

Publication

400

"Good" writers usually _____ about their spelling, and do not rely on wrote memorization."

THINK

400

This is an ongoing activity and method that helps young learners hone in on an expressive form of literacy. It involves multiple steps, teacher mini-lessons and conferences, peer-feedback and support, revision, and publication. 

Writers Workshop