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Assessment in Assessment in FoundationFoundation
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Assessment in Assessment in FoundationFoundation
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Baseline Assessment
Since starting school, the staff in foundation have been busy observing
the children in their play.
We learn so much about them by watching!
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What are we looking for?
7 areas of learning-3 prime areas•Personal, Social and Emotional•Physical •Communication and Language -4 specific areas •Literacy•Mathematics •Understanding the World•Art and Design
Characteristics of Learning-Playing and exploring •Finding out•Having a go
-Critical thinking and creativity•Concentration•Perseverance
-Active learning •Own ideas•Making links
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What do we do with this information?
• Build a picture of each child-learning journey.
• Match observations to assessment statements.
• Baseline data for each child-track progress across year and school.
• Plan appropriate activities.
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Reading Workshop Reading Workshop 20152015
Reading Workshop Reading Workshop 20152015
Learning to read and writeLearning to read and write
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Phonics Daily discrete phonics session- 15
minutes Fast pace Play a range of games Introduce key words- decodable and
tricky. Develop blending and segmenting skills. Apply knowledge to read and spell words and captions. Read and write captions and sentences.
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What does a daily phonics lesson look
like?• Revise and review• Learn something new• Practice it• Apply it
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How to help your childRead everyday Practise key words regularly Letter sounds not names Jolly phonics but ultimately 1 pure sound Build up words-blending Separating words-segmenting Play different games (back page of most reading books)
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Guided Reading at School
• Whole class guided read on IWB• Model where to begin reading• One to one correspondence• Discuss new features e.g. Bold print,
exclamation marks, speech bubbles• Lots of questions about pictures • Order story events• Make predictions
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Reading zoo
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Guided Reading Groups
Small groups 3-4 childrenBooks will match the child’s reading abilityDetailed discussion of book One to one supportReading comprehension Progress
Example...
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Reading in the Classroom
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Home ReadingReading books will not be sent home until your child knows 12 sounds.Changing books- Tuesday and Friday (Reading Diary) Talk about pictures, characters, make predictions, ask questions. Find key words and sounds.It is ok to use the pictures to help.Read book at home when child is not too tired.Make it fun and give lots of praise.Love of books- try and read a bedtime story every night. 5-10 minutes every day is better than an hour at the weekend
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Home ReadingYou will keep the same book for 3 nights.Please look at/read the book as often as you can!
You might:•Look at the book together discussing the pictures and making predictions.•Read the book to your child-asking them questions.•Child reads the book to you-encourage them to look for sounds, blend and segment words themselves.•Read the book again (one page each) and draw a picture about the story/draw their favourite character.
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Key Words•5 key words sent home every Friday in your child’s book bag.•Please look at them each day alongside your child’s reading book. •Make it fun! Pairs, snap etc.
•We will assess your child on their key word reading at the end of each half term. •Your child needs to read each word on sight.
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Writing-Main skills and attitudes
Seeing themselves as writers
Understanding how to write
Physical Development opportunities
Hand – eye co-ordination activities
Letter formation
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Activities which help developwriting- Gross Motor
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Large gross motor movements outside
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Paintingwith brushes
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Whisking up the soap flakes is great fun!
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Manipulating playdough helps strengthen
muscles.
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Dough Disco!
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Brushes in the salt to make patterns.
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Activities which help developwriting- Fine Motor
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Painting with cotton buds takes more control.
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Using crayons, felt tips, pencils to draw and colour
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Picking up small items using fingers, scoops and tweezers.
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Using scissors to cut out helps motor control
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Mark making
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Adult focused writing sessions twice a weekFun and purposeful e.g. Jungle explorer maps to take with us into role play
Linked to story each weekLots of discussion to engage and motivate Sound matsPraise!!
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Thank you for listening
• Time to chat to staff• Ask questions