I haven’t been able to see a lot of Language Arts in my classroom, but when I have, it has been mostly Classroom-Based Reading Assessments. For example, during Centers I saw my teacher control one center with a group of 4 students. In this center, she picked a specific book for each group of students since the groups are divided by academic achievement level. For the more challenged students, she first had students go through the book and and predict what it was about based on the pictures. Then, she had students take turns reading the story page by page. This showed me that the books were at the student’s independent reading level. Also, while they did this, she would ask them questions throughout to assess their comprehension.
A portfolio seems like an excellent assessment for a teacher to use in the classroom. Not only for my own placement’s classroom, but for any classroom. I really like how they’re student oriented so students can pick which work is shown rather than the teacher. This could get the students very excited for language arts and motivate them to excel. Also, a portfolio demonstrates a student’s strengths in language arts rather than any weaknesses. This could really help the student’s confidence when looking back on their portfolio which would prevent any frustration or loss of motivation to sincerely try.
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