A very basic discussion about assessing reading competency

1. Assessing Reading
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2. Overview
• What is Reading
• Aspects of Reading
• Assessing Reading Skill
• Tips for Teachers
• Useful links

3. What is Reading?

4. Reading process
Picture coding
Unders
tands
Decoding picture
ROSE

5. READING
• Reading is the act of looking at printed
words and saying those words out loud
or interpreting those words.

6. Aspects of Reading
• Phonemic Awareness
• Letter-Sound Association
• Comprehension
• Vocabulary
• Fluency
• Spelling

7. Aspects of Reading
• Phonemic awareness- enable the beginning readers to decode new
words
• Phonics- the ability to associates sound with letters.
• Comprehension-understanding and interpreting texts.
• Fluency-ability to read with proper speed and accuracy and to make sense of
text without having to stop and decode each word.
• Vocabulary-
• Spelling-

8. VIDEOS : Phonemic awareness
&
Fluency
Listen carefully and draw conclusion.

9. What is it?

10. Learning Outcomes according to Grades:-
1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade
Associates words
with pictures.
Reads and
understands
familiar words.
Reads small texts
in English silently
with
comprehension.
Uses
punctuation
marks in loud
reading with
intonation and
pauses.

11. Task 1
Q. Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
There were five sparrows on the branch, two flew
away. Tree gave them shadow, so they returned
back. Five sparrows sat on the branch again.
Q.1. How many sparrows were on the branch?
Q.2. Where did sparrows sit?
Q. 3.What did sparrows do at last?

12. RUBRICS Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
1.Phonemic
Awareness
Confuses while
identifying and
associating sound
with letters.
Tries to reads sounds
of letters.
Identifies and reads
words.
Identifies and reads
group of words with
proper stress and
intonation.
2.Comprehension Can’t read. Reads mechanically
without
comprehension.
Reads and tries to
understand.
Reads, understands and
infers the text.
3.Spellings Can’t read Decodes letter by
letter.
Confuses in some
cases. Ex. Sat-Cat.
Reads in a single sight.
4.Vocabulary Can’t read. Reads and
understands
frequently used
words. (Class-
appropriate)
Stumbles only at new
words.
Reads and understands
the text.
5.Fluency Can’t read Reads with irregular
pace.
Reads aloud. Reads correctly ,using
punctuation marks,
adequate speed with
comprehension.

13. Task 1
NAMES PHONEMIC
AWARENESS
COMPREHENSION SPELLING VOCABULARY FLUENCY
L1 L2 L3 L4 L1 L2 L3 L4 L1 L2 L3 L4 L1 L2 L3 L4 L1 L2 L3 L4
Rutuja
Omkar
√ √ √ √ √
√ √ √ √ √

14. Drawing Inference:-
• Rutuja is good at reading words or phrases as a
whole , but she does not understand meaning of
texts.
• Omkar is a good reader and comprehends well.
• (Tip- Teachers can record above statements in CCE diary as daily
observations.)

15. • Spot the letter.
• Match pictures with word set.
• Count and read.
• Rhyming words.
• Read the words and join each one to its starting sound.
• Circle the odd man out.
• Map reading
• Enact what you read.
• Read Pictorial paragraph .
• Read aloud with proper intonation.
• Put the events in proper order.
• Making meaningful sentences .
• Read railway timetable and answer the questions.
• Read story and suggest title.
• Read word-picture of object. Ex. Bicycle.
TASKS

16. Word picture

17. TIPS FOR TEACHERS:-
BEFORE ASSESSSING
• Set up burden free atmosphere.
• May conduct any Warmer/settlers.
• Be ready with supplementary materials.
• Be ready with your rubrics sheet.
WHILE ASSESSING
• Give adequate time for learners.
• Keep Rubrics sheet handy.
• Be patient and calm.
• Record observations without subjectivity in Rubrics sheet.
• Scaffold learners .
• Keep senses alert.
AFTER ASSESSING
• Most vital thing , appreciate learners and praise.
• Give sandwich feedback and suggest area of improvement.
• Don’t use too bad words.
• Analyze data in rubrics sheet and draw inference without subjectivity.
• If necessary, set up Remedial Teaching/test.

18. Some useful links:-
• https://www.readinghorizons.com/blog/14-
classroom-activities-that-increase-student-
engagement
• https://www.readingrockets.org/article/25-
activities-reading-and-writing-fun
• https://www.britishcouncil.org/exam/aptis/res
earch/projects/assessment-literacy/reading