Assessment

The content area I am going to focus on is reading. During my placement I utilized these strategies and assessments. One informal assessment I would use is retell. For this assessment I would have the student retell what occurred in the story without using the book. This allows for the teacher to see what the student remembers or what they are having trouble with. This also helps the student remember the information. A second informal strategy would be reading comprehension questions. The student answers a few questions that relate to the story. This gives an opportunity to see how the student remembers the information. Questions could be text-based, inferences, and opinion questions. The teacher them gets the opportunity to see where if any break down is occurring. For my formal assessment I would complete a benchmark assessment. I did this during student teaching. I picked three different levels of stories and had the student read and answer questions. This allowed me to see what level the student is functioning to then create objectives. It was simple to complete but gave important information.