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4a Assessment - MTB MLE - 21-22 - 1st Sem BALIAD, ANGEL ANN G.-MajGEd210
4a Assessment - MTB MLE - 21-22 - 1st Sem BALIAD, ANGEL ANN G.-MajGEd210
Reading component What it measures Examples of assessment Age or grade When should component
measured questions typically mastered be assessed?
Letter/Sound
(Alphabet) Ability to recognize letters and Show a student one letter at a time • Many students enter Assess letter/sound
Recognition sounds and ask: Kindergarten with the recognition three times a
ability to recognize letters year. At the beginning,
“Can you tell me what letter this is? middle and end of
(Record response) • Few students recognize Kindergarten.
letter sounds
“Can you tell me the sound it
makes?” • Both are taught in
(Record response) Kindergarten
Concepts of Print
Assessment Understanding: Give student a book and ask the Some students enter Assess concepts of print
following questions: Kindergarten with an twice per year. At the
• That print has meaning “Can you show me ?” understanding o print beginning and mid-year
concepts, but other students during Kindergarten.
• That print can be used for • A letter must receive instruction in
difference purposes this area
• A word
• The relationship between
print and speech • A sentence
Reading component What it measures Examples of assessment Age or grade When should component
measured questions typically mastered be assessed?
Phonological Awareness
Assessment
1. Recognizes a word in
a sentence Ability to segment a sentence “How many words are in this Age 3 Assess 3 times per year. At
sentence?” I am happy. the beginning, middle and
(Response: 3) end of Grade K.
Reading component What it measures Examples of assessment Age or grade When should component
measured questions typically mastered be assessed?
2. Recognizes a rhyme
Ability to identify words that have “Do these words rhyme?” Big, Fig Age 4 Assess 3 times per year. At
the same endine sound (Response: yes) the beginning, middle and
“What about Key, Tree?” end of Grade K.
(Response: yes)
3. Recognizes a syllable
Ability to separate or blend words Syllable Blending: “I am going to Age 4 Assess 3 times per year. At
the way that they are pronounced say a word in parts. the beginning, mid-year and
Listen: o. ...pen end of Grade K.
What word did I say?”
(response: open)
4. Understands onset-
rime Ability to blend the first sound in “What word do these sounds The middle of Kindergarten Assess 3 times per year. At
the word (onset) and the rest of make? /s/---/ee/” the beginning, middle and
the word (rime) (Response: see) end of Grade K.
Reading component What it measures Examples of assessment Age or grade When should component
measured questions typically mastered be assessed?
1. Phoneme Matching
Ability to identify words that begin “Which words start with the same The middle of Kindergarten Phonemic awareness
with the same sound sound: man, sat, sip? assessments should be
(Response: sat, sip) performed three times a
year Grades K, 1, and 2
2. Phoneme Isolation
Ability to isolate a single sound Phoneme Isolation: Initial (first) The middle of Kindergarten Phonemic awareness
from within a word Sound: assessments should be
“What’s the first sound in sat?” performed three times
(Response: /s/) year Grades K, 1, and 2
Reading component What it measures Examples of assessment Age or grade When should component
measured questions typically mastered be assessed?
3. Phoneme Blending Ability to blend individual sounds “What word do these sounds make Late Kindergarten or Early in Phonemic awareness
into a word /h/-/o/-/t/?” Grade 1 assessments should be
(Response: hot) performed three times a
year Grades K, 1, and 2
4. Phoneme
Segmentation Ability to break a word into “What sounds do you hear in the Grade 1 Phonemic awareness
individual sounds word hot?” assessments should be
(Response : /h/-/o/-/tfi performed three times
“Let’s try another one.” year Grades K, 1, and 2
“How many sounds do you hear in
hot?”
(Response: 3)
5. Phoneme Ability to modify, change, or move Phoneme Manipulation: Initial Grade 1 Phonemic awareness
Manipulation the individual sounds in a word (first) Sound: assessments should be
“Say mat without the /m/ sound.” performed three times
(Response: at) year Grades K, 1, and 2
Reading component What it measures Examples of assessment Age or grade When should component
measured questions typically mastered be assessed?
Informal Reading
Inventory • Grade level reading Teacher chooses a grade level The Informal Reading
(also known as) passage for student to read. As Inventory is an on-going
• Fluency child is reading teacher completes: assessment, and should be
Qualitative Reading
completed several times
Inventory
• Comprehension • A running record throughout the child's
1'* — 12*h schooling. In kindergarten,
• Vocabulary • A measure of fluency rate perform the Informal
Reading Inventory twice per
• Oral reading accuracy • After student reads, teacher year, at mid-year and at the
checks for understanding end of school. In first and
through explicit and implicit second grades, it should be
questions. done three times, at the
beginning of the school
year, at mid-year, and at the
end of the year. If a child is
struggling, the inventory
should be done more often
in order to have an accurate
picture of the child's
progress.
Reading component What it measures Examples of assessment Age or grade When should component
measured questions typically mastered be assessed?
Reading Accuracy
Oral reading accuracy (provides Teacher chooses a passage for a Running records should be
insight into the student’s ability to child to read. Child reads aloud. assessed several times
decode unfamiliar words) throughout the year to help
As a child reads aloud teacher takes 1" — 3rd in teaching further
notes on words read correctly and strategies for students
incorrectly.
Reading Fluency
How many words a child reads Teacher assigns an appropriate Fluency assessments should
correctly in one minute reading passage for student to read be completed throughout
aloud. the year
Word Recognition
Sight word vocabulary at a given Teacher asks child to read from a Kindergarten —2nd Three times during the year
grade level list of words in grades Kindergarten — 2nd
Phonic Elements Phonic elements at a given grade “What sound do the letters ‘sh’ 1st - 3rd Several times
level make?” throughout the year to
(Response: /shfi help guide instruction