Teacher's Resource - Nelson Education

ASSESSMENT IN NELSON LITERACY 8Throughout the unit, there are multiple opportunities to observe asstudents learn, practise, and demonstrate target strategies.Assessment for LearningAssessment for learning data (also called formative assessment data),which is generated by discussion opportunities, Key AssessmentQuestions, and Demonstration Tasks, can be recorded on specificassessment tools. By analyzing the data, you can guide studentsthrough subsequent lessons with the correct level of support. The datacan help you plan for instruction, differentiate instruction, and beginto make judgments about students’ progress for reporting purposes.The following assessment for learning tools are provided:Oral Language Tracking Sheet (BLM 2): You can use thistracking sheet when observing students during the unit launch andperiodically throughout the unit. Taking multiple opportunities tofocus on a small number of students at a time allows you to observeevery student over the course of the unit. Observation Tracking Sheet (BLM 3): This tool can be used tomonitor and make notes on students as they work individually orin small groups in all the strands: oral, reading, writing, and medialiteracy. Strategy Rubrics (BLMs 5, 8, 11, 12, 14): These help facilitaterecording and updating student achievement data over the course ofthe unit. Each rubric focuses on one strategy, and has multiple checkboxes so you can reuse this tool every time students are requiredto demonstrate the target strategy. Use the rubrics to determine thecorrect level of support for students in subsequent lessons and toplot students’ progress over the course of the unit.Assessment of LearningThe Performance Task (BLM 18) provides valuable assessment oflearning data (also called summative assessment data) that can be usedfor reporting and for communicating with parents, caregivers, andadministrators.A Reading Response passage (BLM 16) is also available to provideassessment of learning.Students are invited to assess their own learning throughout the unit.They can use their self-assessment data to set personal goals for futurelearning.6 Nelson Literacy 8 Teacher’s Resource Unit 1: Global Citizens NEL