Nicole Sayer Informal Assessment # 1 January 26, 2012 1.

The students I will be working with are 4th graders at Lincoln Trail Elementary School in Mahomet, IL. There are five students that will be included in this assessment and instructional program. 2. The students will be working on their sentence writing skills and making sure they include all components of a complete sentence. 3. When reading class starts the students are rather attentive but lose focus throughout the extent of the program. All the students have SLD and dramatic attention problems, so focusing on one task for too long is challenging. The students have a behavior management plan in place that is consistent across the board with every student, which allows the teacher to draw the students back into the lessons quickly. There are a couple students that struggle in sentence writing more than others, but all students can improve their writing abilities. 4. Prep Questions: What? What curriculum for reading and writing are the students currently using? Why? So I can use some of the materials in the curriculum and look at their current ways of learning writing. Source Sped Teacher

Answer: The students are currently using the Wilson Reader Training Curriculum to learn reading strategies. They are using the curriculum to practice writing sentences as well. What? Why? Source What types of words are To make sure I am assessing Sped Teacher or Wilson being used in the sentences students on words that are books provided for the students to already known or phonemic write? sounds that are known Answer: The students are writing sentences using high frequency words and known sounds. They are using welded sounds and blends in the words they are writing. What? What techniques do the students have in spelling words they do not know? Why? So I am assured students have a way of spelling words correctly that may be unknown. Source Sped Teacher

Answer: The students tap out unknown words on their desks by syllables. They sound out the word as they are tapping syllables, emphasizing on vowel sounds to distinguish, which vowels are in the word. What? What rules of sentence structure do the students know and understand? Why? This is to be assured that students know the rules of writing a sentence prior to instruction via background knowledge. Source Sped Teacher

Answer: The students understand the basic rules of writing a sentence. They understand they are to include proper spelling, punctuation and capitalization. They understand which types of punctuation marks are to be used in specific sentences, such as questions or exclamations. 5. Data Questions: What? Why? Source What is the class average of So I have a baseline of where Collect data sentences written with the students ability to write 100% accuracy? a complete sentence is. Procedures: 1. Students open notebooks to clean page 2. Open dictation book from Wilson curriculum to designated page 3. Read sentence out loud to students, including small hand gestures for memorization aid 4. Repeat sentence until all students have finished writing 5. Check students work for all components of a complete sentence (capitalization, punctuation, spelling) 6. Give students a star for perfect sentences 7. Record the percent of sentences each student writes correctly 8. Average out all students scores and record on data sheet Results: See attached sheets for data charts Answer: The overall class average of sentence writing with 100% accuracy is at 55.7%. What? Why? Source What is the class average of So I have an idea as to where Collect data spelling mistakes of words the students are with in a sentence? spelling. Procedures: 1. Students open notebooks to clean page 2. Open dictation book from Wilson curriculum to designated page

3. Read sentence out loud to students, including small hand gestures for memorization aid 4. Repeat sentence until all students have finished writing 5. Check students work for correct spelling of words in sentences 6. Record the percent of words each student writes correctly 7. Average out all students scores and record on data sheet Results: See attached sheets for data charts Answer: The overall class average of spelling mistakes in a sentence is 89.7% of words correct. What? What is the class average in percent correct of punctuation in a sentence? Why? So I have an understanding of how well the students understand the rules of punctuation use in a sentence Source Collect data

Procedures: 1. Students open notebooks to clean page 2. Open dictation book from Wilson curriculum to designated page 3. Read sentence out loud to students, including small hand gestures for memorization aid 4. Repeat sentence until all students have finished writing 5. Check students work for correct punctuation used in the sentence 6. Record the percent of correct punctuation used in the sentences 7. Average out all students scores and record on data sheet Results: See attached sheets for data charts Answer: The overall class average is 90.5% of correct punctuation used in a sentence. What? What is the class average of students using correct capitalization in sentences? Why? So I have an understanding of how well the students understand the rules of punctuation use in a sentence Source Collect data

Procedures: 1. Students open notebooks to clean page 2. Open dictation book from Wilson curriculum to designated page 3. Read sentence out loud to students, including small hand gestures for memorization aid 4. Repeat sentence until all students have finished writing 5. Check students work for proper capitalization used throughout the sentences (names, beginning words, states, cities, etc.)

6. Record the percent of proper capitalization used in the sentences 7. Average out all students scores and record on data sheet Results: See attached sheets for data charts Answer: The overall class average is 91% of correct capitalization used in a sentence. 6. Throughout this assessment the students work has been inconsistent both individually and as a class, however, patterns were recognized in causing the inconsistency. On days that assessments were given where students did not receive instant feedback the scores were much lower. Behavior of students also affected the outcome of the scores. There were days where one student shut down and refused to do work so her scores brought down the class average significantly. Students tend to forget punctuation and capitalization in their sentences and are told to double check their sentences for these mistakes prior to turning them in. In furthering the development of the students sentence writing skills a cognitive strategy should be implemented in order for the students to remember the essentials of writing a sentence. In taking data to monitor progress with this program students should be monitored on an individual level, as in this assessment, along with keeping track of a class average. This will allow viewing progress of both the individual students and the class as a whole. JK JK will accurately write sentences read aloud to him from the Wilson Dictation book by applying all components of a complete sentence according to the CUPS cognitive strategy. He will do this with 70% accuracy for 6 consecutive trials. JM JM will accurately write sentences read aloud to her from the Wilson Dictation book by applying all components of a complete sentence according to the CUPS cognitive strategy. She will do this with 85% accuracy for 6 consecutive trials. JS JS will accurately write sentences read aloud to him from the Wilson Dictation book by applying all components of a complete sentence according to the CUPS cognitive strategy. He will do this with 80% accuracy for 6 consecutive trials. JY JY will accurately write sentences read aloud to him from the Wilson Dictation book by applying all components of a complete sentence according to the CUPS cognitive strategy. He will do this with 100% accuracy for 6 consecutive trials. S S will accurately write sentences read aloud to him from the Wilson Dictation book by applying all components of a complete sentence according to the CUPS cognitive strategy. He will do this with 100% accuracy for 6 consecutive trials. 8. By learning this skill students will learn the ability to form and write sentences correctly in their writing. This will help them in the future when asked to write stories, essays, papers etc. in classes.

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