Assignment task:
Read about vignette Ms. Spears, a first-year third- grade teacher, felt more than a bit unsure of herself. This was especially true when it came to how literacy assessment fit in with a new emphasis on implementing the Common Core Standards (MS CCRS in Mississippi) and the district's newly implemented Response to Intervention (RTI) model to differentiate instruction according to students' developmental needs. Where to begin, and how? This came to a head for Ms. Spears when a new student, Jason, transferred into her classroom in mid-October from a distant state. Jason's mother was not given access to his cumulative school records from his previous school, so Ms. Spears had nothing to go on in terms of understanding Jason 's current or past literacy learning needs making the formulation of an appropriate literacy instruction plan difficult. Jason's mom also informed the principal that Jason had struggled in reading over the past year. Ms. Spears decided that she would need to pull together a set of assessments to better understand Jason's reading ability. But which assessments should she use? What would these assessments need to assess? It seemed that she had more questions than answers. Assignment Instructions: Read Chapter 1 talk about the following key details (subheadings explored in Chapter 1) that are explored in the first chapter of your course textbook descriptively using Student Resource module for this course: * The Teaching and Learning Cycle * Background Briefing for Teachers: The Foundation Skills of Reading * When are the Foundation Reading Skills Taught About the Common Core State Standards * The Four Purposes of Reading Assessment * Types of Reading Assessment Found in this Book