First Day--PreAssessment/Why Assess?

Bring handbook to class each week

ssanden@wsu.edu
Office hours Wednesday 1-3, Cleveland 236A

Poem "First Reader" by Billy Collins (about dick and jane as the "first characters" who create fiction)

Tape recorders--Call AMS, Libraries.

Pay special attention to the reading guide--exams from the guide.

Inflected Endings--added to word to change where it goes in the sentence. (-s, -ed, -ing, -es)
Derivational Suffixes--Ending that changes word meaning. (-less, -ful, -er, -est)
Bound Roots--words that are not roots by themselves. (ambidexterity, root= dexter)
Free Roots--root word that can be a root by itself. (telegraph, root= graph)
Schwa Sound--the sound of "a" in alone. Is not always and "a", like the "o" in harmony, "e" in celebrate. Looks like two dots above a vowel.
Morpheme--smallest group of phonemes that can carry a meaning (believe=1 morpheme, believer=2 morpheme "believe" "er" because the er changes the word, believers =3 morpheme)
Syllables--number of sounds in a word.

Common Syllable Patterns
open syllable
closed syllable
r-controlled
vowel_ silent e
vowel combination
consonant-le

Double consonants make vowel short ( like coma vs comma)

Assessment
Why do we assess reading?
Stakeholders--Companies/District/School Administrators/Teachers/State/Students/Parents/Politicians/Taxpayers

What do we assess?
Phonemic awareness
Phonics
Sight Word Recognition
Fluency
Vocabulary Knowledge
Comprehension

Creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation. persistence, humor, reliability, enthusiasm,
self-discipline---Affective realm is often left out.

How, where, when do we asses reading?
Dependent on purpose for assessment.

Read Chapter 2 (Book?) and Chapter 1 Assessment for Instruction. Reading guide. Start a glossary.