ELA teachers had the opportunity to discuss "best practice" in the high school classroom using the Planning for Balanced Assessment & Instruction in ELA 10 –12 Desk Blotter resource as the focus of conversation. Informal "Talk" centred around the Classroom as a Workshop, Gradual Release of Responsibility, Approaches to Assessment, and Approaches to Instruction.
Planning for Balanced Assessment and Instruction in English Language Arts: It's Foundational!
This webinar addressed the “new” learning focuses of the Sr. High English Language Arts Teaching in Action 10-12 document. The webinar looked at the document front matter (pages 1 to 208) that teachers find most meaningful, and how teachers are implementing the resource.
Talk & Walk: An Overview of Teaching in Action 10-12
Beginning the Assessment Process explains how the feature teachers begin reading assessment at the start of the school year, and how that assessment differs from what a teacher might undertake later in the year, especially in Grade Primary.
Organizing for Assessment shows how the featured teachers make time for daily, ongoing assessment in their busy schedules and organize and analyzethe data they collect.
Oral Reading Records demonstrates effective techniques for collecting formal oral reading records as proposed in Active Young Readers Assessment Resource: Grades Primary-3.
Using What We Know demonstrates how the featured teachers use the data they collect through ongoing reading assessment to plan next steps for each student, for groups, and for an entire class.
