Assement of student learning in language arts is not an easy task. Assesment of students in language arts should reflect real language use within the classroom. There are many ways to acess and monitor students progress within the classroom. Ways to monitor student progress include the following: classroom observations, anectdotal records, conferences and checklists. Often times all of these methods, or a combination of these methods may be used to create a student portfolio.
On my first tuesday in the classroom, I saw my teacher implement some of these strategies to acess her students learning throughout the day. Most of what I saw the teacher doing was through observation of her students during the varoius scheduled activities during the day. At some points she would interact with students. She would do this through conferences with a small group of children or an individual student to evaluate learning. Since, it was my first day, I didn't see my teacher using anecdotal records or checklists. I also didn't see if my teacher has portfolios for each of her students. However, it is likley that she does.
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My teacher used very similar methods of assessment throughout the day on my first Tuesday Experience. He would walk around as students were completing various tasks or assignments and would assess them quite similarly to your teacher. I noticed that he would assess certain assignments and not others. I feel as though with CMTs around the corner that he is trying to focus more on some areas than others.
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