Midterm

Question 1

Gathering Reading Samples

Answer 1

Observe the child reading grade level passage
- Narrative - language arts or library books
- Expository - science or social studies textbooks

Must be read above the child’s comfort level to capture most of the miscues

Length of the reading sample - varies
- Younger child - 2-3 pages
- Older child - 2-3 paragraphs

Audio and time taken must be recorded

Question 2

Gathering Reading Samples: In cases of significant decoding difficulties - you _______ read to the child but the RC questions and reading sample analysis must be conducted on the portion child read _______________

Answer 2

Can, independently

Question 3

Gathering and Analysing Reading Comprehension Samples

Answer 3

• Depends on student’s age, ability and willingness to cooperate
• Retelling - good 1st step
• Follow retelling with probe questions based on Bloom’s taxonomy
• Problems with decoding and/or reading comprehension - test listening comprehension

Question 4

Creating

Answer 4

Putting information together in an innovative way

Question 5

Evaluating

Answer 5

Making judgments based on a set of guidelines

Question 6

Analyzing

Answer 6

Breaking the concept into parts and understand how each part is related to one another

Question 7

Applying

Answer 7

Use the knowledge gained in new ways

Question 8

Understanding

Answer 8

Make sense of the material you have learned

Question 9

Remembering

Answer 9

Recalling relevant knowledge from long term memory

Question 10

Writing Sample Analysis: Types of writing requirements

Answer 10

Personal writing:
- Personal experience narratives
- Story retelling
- Fictional stories or guided stories
Factual writing
- Explanation of how to do something
- Descriptions
- Reporting
- Summaries and notes
Analytical writing
- Persuasive devices
- Letters - business and friendly
- Lab reports

Question 11

Phases of Writing

Answer 11

Writing process/ planning
- Prewriting
- Drafting
Writing Product
- Revising
- Editing
- Publication

Question 12

Gathering Writing Samples

Answer 12

• Original stories are the best
• 3rd grades and higher - can write stories in 45-50 mins + 10-15 in planning
• Instruction - previous slide
• First, plan on a plain piece of paper - 10-15 mins
• Second, rough draft on lined paper - remind students that its ok to crossout and make changes crossout by one line and arrows to add
• DONT GIVE ERASERS
• If done writing prematurely - remind that there is more time
• When clearly done - ask the student to reread the story and audio record.

Question 13

Norm Referenced Writing Measures

Answer 13

• Picture Story Language Test
• Test of Written Language - 4
• Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised
• OWLS - WE composite

Question 14

Assessing the writing process

Answer 14

Scott and Erwin (1992) - “Think aloud protocol” - vocalize all thoughts as they write
- Does the student identifies the goal or purpose of writing?
- Genre should match the goal
- Does the student take audience into account?
- Should have a broader scope of audience
- Does the student use planning process to revise and refine thinking?
- Brainstorming and graphic organizers

Question 15

Following the written “prompt”, 4 primary methods of assessing written samples:

Answer 15

• Holistic - numerical score based on the overall impression of the product
• Primary trait - product compared to the rubric (4-5 point scale)
• Analytic - each aspect is evaluated Ex. syntax, semantics, etc.
• Curriculum-based measurement (CBM) - sample obtained from a curriculum based story - compared to CCSS

Question 16

What step of the phases of writing do we do our analysis?

Answer 16

• Right after the drafting stage