ECE Assessments for Emerging Learners Dr. Letitia Walters

Objectives  Describe reasons for emerging learner assessments  Provide exposure and practice for:  Writing, Cutting, Tearing  Concepts of Print  Letter and Sound Identification  Vocabulary Reading  Writing Vocabulary  Running Records

Schedule  Introduction of an assessment  Practice

Reasons for Assessments  Fostering Language-Experiences for Exploration  Promoting Language- Conversations  Literacy Development: Print Awareness, Phonemic Awareness, Phonological Awareness, Writing Skills

Writing Skills  Stages: Writing your Name  Labeling pictures  Writing:  parts of words (sounds, memorization)  Whole words  Sentences

Emerging Writer Assessment  Writing Name  Family Portrait - Labeling

Name Writing

Name Writing, Cut and Tear Assessments, Concepts of Print  Google and Find what you want to use for this assessment and why?  Create a visual including:  Technology  Diverse Population  Parental Involvement-Learning Stories

Tearing and Cutting-Fine Motor

Practice Literacy Assessments  Concepts of Print  Letters and Sound Identification  Word Identification(Reading Words)  Writing Words  Hearing and Recording Sounds (Dictation)

Dolch Word List, High Frequency Word Lists, Writing Words  Read as many sight words as you can  Write as many words as you can  HOT  DOK

Hearing and Recording Words  The cat is big.

Appropriate Level Book Selection Process   “how to choose books for appropriate reading level”

Running Records  Fountas, I. & Phinnell, G. (1996). Guided Reading: Good first teaching for all children. NH: Heinemann.  og9lPWM og9lPWM 

RR Pod Cast  uFkbCfE uFkbCfE  Practice: Need pencil, printed handout of The Little Red Hen

Running Records Youtube Coding 1,2,3  ntroeLQ ntroeLQ  4XZ50u8&ebc=ANyPxKpIcwnHpIm6i7- esexhuq2Vq6gGvqdnSv_vYygTiP5_VKH0to sQgE1zgBduuaomQ17fOgNj 4XZ50u8&ebc=ANyPxKpIcwnHpIm6i7- esexhuq2Vq6gGvqdnSv_vYygTiP5_VKH0to sQgE1zgBduuaomQ17fOgNj  o8x9bH0&ebc=ANyPxKrtcqtGf2Ssa969Enq hhG_7zcvxt0niMdZywCI2ArUFBZ8N64PNtZ0 xqPGZlpTPvDf1z4qp o8x9bH0&ebc=ANyPxKrtcqtGf2Ssa969Enq hhG_7zcvxt0niMdZywCI2ArUFBZ8N64PNtZ0 xqPGZlpTPvDf1z4qp

Running Record Coding  Correct tic ✓  Omissions  Substitutions  Insertions  Sounding out Words  Self Correction (SC): sounding out incorrectly then SC  Repeat (use arrow)

RR Analysis & Cueing System  HS6wGOko\ HS6wGOko\  Semantic  Syntactic  Grapho-phonic

 Keep looking through Running Record youtubes to learn more about each level.

Summary  Most Interesting? Why?  Least Interesting? Why?  Don’t forget to include:  Technology  Diverse Populations  Parental Involvement