English Assessment Map – Sample at Level 1
Animal Sort
Students were shown a collection of pictures of animals. Following class discussion on how to describe, compare and sort them, the students were provided with vocabulary cards which they read as a group. The cards could be related to the students’ interests or the current classroom topic of investigation (for example: Pets, The Farm, The Wild, Fast, Slow, Big, Small, Feathers). Students then worked with a partner to illustrate and label different ways of sorting the animals, matching their illustrations with the relevant vocabulary from the card. A follow-up activity involved writing a simple sentence about their sorting. The activity took place over two forty minute sessions.
The following sample illustrates the kind of response that students typically produce when they have achieved the elements of the standard addressed by this task.
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Reading – Level 1
The student matches correct vocabulary cards with animals sorted in a particular way and labels the illustrations accordingly. The student reads a simple sentence with familiar vocabulary.
Elements of the standard
The elements of the Reading standard addressed by this task are:
(Students) match print and spoken text in their immediate environment.
(Students) read … simple print … texts that include some frequently used words …
(Students) … use … illustrations to extend meaning.
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