Report Writing 2011

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Objectives

To understand what is a report.

To understand what is assessment

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the ways of gathering evidence forassessment.

To enable you to communicate in themost effective way when writing

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What is a report?

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What is a report?

A report is a that will

encourage students to set goals forlearning,

help teachers to establish plans forteaching, and

assist parents in supporting learning

at home.

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What is assessment?

Assessment is the process ofgathering and interpreting evidence

about pupils response to educationaltasks.

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Types of assessment

As we know there are two types ofassessment

Formative assessment for learning

Summative assessment of learning

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What is formative assessmentbased on?The evidence of progress is collected in

a number of ways:

-Making observations (anecdotal

record)-Talking to the child

-Listening to or participating in aconversation

-Examining a sample of childs work

-Getting a child to perform a certain task

-Consulting colleagues6


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What to look for?

Personal , Social and Emotional Development Physical Development

Language and Literacy

- comprehension

- speaking and listening

- reading- writing-

Mathematical Development

Expressive arts

Knowledge and understanding -observation

-prediction

-investigation

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Personal , Social and EmotionalDevelopment

Is a friendly child

Makes sure everybody participates

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Physical Development

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- speaking and listening- reading

- writing she takes turns

Speaks clearly

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Mathematical Development-

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Tips to help send your messageacross in the most effective way

Be specific and choose wordscarefully. Have student samplesbefore you when reporting difficulties

the student is experiencing. Be concise, effective, and cite specific.

Keep in mind your audience.

Avoid repetition; the words good, fine ,and excellent are acceptable if theyare not over used. Find synonyms toavoid repetition.

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Increase the readability of thecomment by

Using sentence of varying length

Using a variety of sentence structures

Keeping the language simple

Using active verbs

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Steps to writing thoughtful reportcard comments

Begin with an adjective brainstorm create a list of your students names. Beside each name , jotdown one or two adjectives that describe the student as a learner, challenging yourself to avoidrepetition.

Begin this process at least two weeks before writing report cards so that you have ample time to find thejust right descriptors for each student.

Take supportive notese.g. your anecdotal record

Use sentence stems use especially for students who are difficult to describe , for example..

Ali has shown improvement in ...

This term Sara challenged herself by

Focus on the positive it is important to emphasize what students do well so that your parents andstudents can build from those strengths. Often, negative adjectives can be reworked to suggeststrengths. For example, restless and easily distracted students can be categorized as very energetic.Regardless of how frustrating a student is , a comment space is not the appropriate place for adisciplinary referral.

Write the easy comments firstyou will develop comment- writing skills more quickly if you start with thestudents who are easy to describe.

Ask colleagues for helponce youve brainstormed some adjectives and incidents, you may want toelicit the support of colleagues in describing challenging students. For example, Music, physical

education and art teachers might have been students for years and could have the just right insights youneed for that student youre struggling to describe.

use jargon free language -parents/guardians need to be able to read and understand whatwere saying about their child we need to keep in mind our audience when composing,as not all parents/guardians are highly literate.

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ENGLISHSpoken English: Clarity, fluency, expression, vocabulary.

Participation in class discussion, hesitant, reluctant, effectiveReading: Clarity, fluency, expression, intonation. Is making progressin known and unknown text.Comprehension : Oral: comprehends the text accurately, good

understanding of abstract ideas. Written : accurate and well

presented / weak reasoning, inclined to get muddled .Creative writing: reports and sequences events/ incidences

accurately. Is developing in content and style/ is imaginative but briefPunctuation and spelling : is able to spell high frequency words / is

developing a sound spelling skillPoetry: Recites expressivelyRole-play : Enacts with animation

WRITING Muscular control, direction, formation, word spacing, legibility,

clarity, print / cursive script, speed of work and presentationNUMBER

Basic concepts: clear /fair/good/weakNeeds concrete material to work out problems / needs reinforcementQuick and accurate at Mental Math / works well on one to one/

works well under supervision. Can add and subtract with ease.Is fluent with tables of 2,5,10. Can tell the time in analogue and

digitalACTIVITIES

Music :Art:Computers: P.E:Swimming:

Teachers Report

Personality, confidence : alert, confident, energeticSocial skillsAttitude towards work, sense of responsibility

BehaviorAny outstanding trait

KARACHI GRAMMAR SCHOOLKINDERGARTEN REPORT 2009

Pupils name _______________________________ Age __________________

Class ______________________________ Times absent _______________

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Activity

Write a report based on the givenanecdotal record of the child with youryear group.

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