ASSESSMENT GUIDES INSTRUCTION
RESEARCH
Know your students well:
Look at strengths and needs: what is the one thing that the students can most benefit from at this point?
Looks for patterns in needs: what patterns do I see?
Who needs it?
Know your students well:
- Assessments may include: student interest surveys, DRA2, DRA2 Progress Monitoring Kit, Individual reading/writing conferences, reading lists, responses journals, phonics screeners, readers's/ writers' notebook, writing prompts, spelling inventories
Look at strengths and needs: what is the one thing that the students can most benefit from at this point?
Looks for patterns in needs: what patterns do I see?
Who needs it?
- EVERYONE? What skills/ strategies do many students seem to need at this time?; Which book(s) will support the skill/strategy?; Which skill/strategies would need long-term teaching?; Which skills/strategies require a quick mini lesson or two?
- SMALL GROUP? What are specific needs not addressed in whole-group lessons?; Which students need help transferring skills to independent reading?; Can I group students with same needs for a short period?; How long will each group meet?; Does reading level matter for this skill/strategy?
- INDIVIDUAL? Which students need daily/ weekly support at this time?; Does any student have a unique need? How are these students transferring skills to independent reading?
- Watch students behaviors during independent reading/small group/whole group.
- Participate and or listen in on conversations; make note of student needs as they come up.
- Find patterns to form new groups.