In the 3rd grade classroom, the teacher does something specific during reading to make sure the students understand how to sound out words. During an hour of reading every student completes a word hunt. For this assignment they must find 10 words that fulfills the required word sounds for that day. They write down those 10 words in their notebooks in columns under the appropriate sound indicated. The teacher looks through the notebooks to assess whether the children are understanding how to sound out words and what words they need help with. While the children are reading, the teacher frequently calls the children up for individual assessment on their reading. They read to her and she gives them corrections and encouragement.
During an assignment today the children were taught how to read a timeline. In order to assess whether they understood, the teacher read a story with clearly marked times and events. The students were assigned to fill out a timeline marking what happened and when with brightly colored markers. This helped the teacher understand if they knew how to use a timeline by how well they could record an activity, at what time it happened, and where to mark it on their timeline maps.
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