JessiTowne

EDUG543
September21,2015

1. Whatdidyounoticeasyoulistenedtotherecording?
1. Nataliewasverysharpandwasabletodothisassessmentwithoutmuchtrouble.Ialso
noticedthatIshouldnothaveacknowledgedhercorrectanswers.Icouldhavestayed
silentandmovedontothenextproblem.
2. ItwasalittledifficulthearingsomeofWillsanswersbecausehehasabitofalisp.I
knowthatWilldidagoodjobofsoundingoutthewordsifhedidnotknowthem.He
triedtosaysomeofthewordsfromthenextpagebeforehereachedthelevelof
frustration.Icouldhavehadthemreadalittlebitslower.
3. Marleedidagoodjobinpronouncingthewordsandsoundingthemoutifhedidnot
knowthem.Ialsocouldhavetoldhimtosaythewordsmoreslowly.
2. Whatcomparisondoyoumakebetweentheassessmentsyouplanned/envisionedandthe
onesyouconducted?Ishouldnothavecongratulatedthestudentsontheirrightanswers.I
wantedthemtodotheassessmentstothebestoftheirability,notjustsotheycangetthe
rightanswersformyapproval.Imean,Idonotthinktheyweretryingtogetmyapproval,
butIshouldhavehadapokerfacethewholetime,becauseIwasthepersonconductingthe
testandshouldnothavebeengivingcluestohowthingsweregoing.
3. Whataresomeofthethingsyoudidtomakeitgowellornotsowell?Ishouldnothave
acknowledgedthecorrectanswersofthestudents.OnethingthatInoticeIdidwellwasI

madesuretopronouncethewordsIwassayingsothatitwaseasyforthestudentsto
understandwhatIwassayinginmyassessment.
4. Whatlearning(s)doyouwanttotakewithyouwhenconductingfutureassessments?Ineed
tomakesurethatthestudentsslowdownwhentalkingandcorrectlypronounceandsound
outthewords.Ialsoneedtobeemotionlesswhenconductingassessments.Idonotwantto
haveanyindicationshowninhowthestudentsaredoingintheirassessments.Nomore
saying,good orgoodjob whenthestudentssayacorrectanswer.
5. Interprettheresultsofeachassessmentseparately.Addressthefollowingquestionsforeach
assessmentinyourinterpretation.
1. Whatdoesthestudentknow?(Lookforpatternsinthestudentscorrectanswers.)
1. Natalieknowsherwordsandthephonicssoundsreallywell.InthedirectionsIgave
her,shewasabletocorrectlyassesswhatthecentralideawasandwhatthegoalwas.
2. Willdoesagoodjobinsoundingoutwordshedoesnotknow.Willknowstheactual
wordsintheassessment,rightupuntiltheveryend.
3. Marleeknowshisphonicswell.Hespedthroughthebeginningwordcolumnswith
ease.
2. Withwhatdidthestudentstruggle?(Lookforpatternsinthestudentsincorrectanswer.)
1. Nataliedidnotgiveanyincorrectanswers,butshedidstumbleonaword.WhenI
askedhertogivemeawordthatstartedwiththe/ch/sound,shestruggledwiththat
forasecondbeforegivingmeananswerthatwasinaudibleandnotpronounced
correctly,soIdidnotunderstandher.Iwrotedowntheword,whichsoundedlike
chat,butIdidnotaskhertorepeatherself.

2. Willdidhavesometroublewithafewofthewords.Hecouldsoundthemoutforthe
mostpart,buthestilldidstruggle.Hedidhaveatoughtimewiththe/a/shortand
longsoundsandsometimeswiththe/e/shortandlongsounds.Healsohadsome
troublewiththe/i/longandshortsounds.Alittletroublealsowiththe/e/attheend
ofwords.
3. MarleestartedhavingsometroublewhenwereachedtheGrade2column.Hewould
needtoworkonthe/e/soundsandthe/a/sounds.Forexample,hesaidsand instead
ofsend,butitmighthavejustbeenthathewasnotpronouncinghiswordclearly
enough.HehadsometroublewiththeGrade3wordsaswell.Hesaidmodent for
moment,frighted insteadoffrightened,lonly insteadoflonely,sist instead
ofsince andstrike insteadofstraight.Hewouldneedtoworkonslowingdown
andmakingsuretoseethewholewordandpronounceeverysound.
3. Ifyouwerethisstudentsteacher,howwouldyoufocusyourinstructionforthisstudent
basedontheassessmentresults?
1. IwouldmakesuretogiveNataliecleardirectionsandmakesureshefully
understandswhatIamaskingofhertocompletebeforeIhaveherdoitonherown.I
wouldalsoaskthatshespeakswithaloudandclearvoicesoIcanunderstandher
better.
2. ForWill,Iwillmakesuretofocusontheshortandlongsoundsofvowels.Iwillalso
focusonhowtheeattheendofawordcanchangethepronunciationofaword.

3. ForMarlee,Iwouldneedtomakesureheknowsandunderstandsthe/a/and/e/
sounds.Icanalsofocusonhimseeingeachwordasindividualletters,sothathecan
makesuretopronounceeverysoundheardintheword.
4. Whatfeelingsorattitudesdidthestudentdisplayduringtheassessment?
1. Nataliewasreallywellbehavedandshowedagoodandpositiveattitudeinthemidst
oftesting.Sheconcentratedwell,evenwhentherewasanotherteachertestinga
studentintheroomwithus.
2. Willbehavedwellintheassessment.Hedidhaveabitofaroughtimefocusingwhen
thestudentsstartedgettingoutforrecess.Towardtheendoftheassessment,Will
struggledwithsomeofthewordsandwasdisplayingfrustrationanduncertainty.
3. Marleewasveryconfidentgoingintothisassessment.Heconqueredthefirst3
columnswithease,andseemedeagertomoveontothenextsetofwords.Duringhis
assessmentofthelasttwocolumnswherehestruggled,hedisplayedabitof
frustrationandwasreadyforthetesttobeover.

Iassessed3studentsfrommymasterteachers2ndgradeclass.NataliedidthePhonemic
Awarenessassessment,WilldidthePhonicsandDecodingassessment,andMarleedidtheSan
DiegoQuick.Theyareall2ndgradestudents.ThePhonemicAwarenessassessmenttook8:01,
thePhonicsandDecodingtook5:35,andtheSanDiegoQuicktook2:19.