stuck on grammar the transformative power of formative assessments kathy haynie, oregon city hs...
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Stuck on GrammarStuck on GrammarThe transformative power The transformative power of of formative assessmentsformative assessments
Kathy Haynie, Oregon City [email protected]
What about the seniors who What about the seniors who need to pass WRITING to need to pass WRITING to graduate?graduate?
ConventionsSentence Fluency
Writing Tools at Writing Tools at OCHSOCHSGrammar DecoderWriting CBMSentence of the Day
Let’s Try It!Let’s Try It!Writing CBM(Curriculum-Based Measure)
Protocols for Writing Protocols for Writing CBMCBM
1 minute to think about prompt5 minutes to write1 minute to check for errors
Write about your FAVORITE DESSERT
Calculate CBM Data - Calculate CBM Data - StudentStudentStudents complete left side of green sheet◦Word count◦Sentence data
Calculate CBM Data - Calculate CBM Data - TeacherTeacherTeacher completesright side of green sheet◦Mark errors with Grammar Decoder
◦Tally the “small errors” and the “sentence errors”
Student Student tracks the tracks the weekly dataweekly dataStudent tracks data every week on pink sheet
Informal conversations after 2-3 weeks
Formal reflection every 6 weeks
Informal ReflectionsInformal ReflectionsWhat do you notice?What could that mean?Celebrate ________
You don’t getworse at writing!
Sentence of the DaySentence of the DayNot based on grammar worksheets!
Select sentences from the weekly CBM
Sentences come from students
Order of errors?Order of errors?Comma spliceMissing commasAwkward sentencesMixture of errors
Students say…Students say…
To improve To improve conventionsconventions and and sentence fluencysentence fluency……
Students track weekly dataUse common symbolsStudents practice correcting sentences daily
No worksheets – authentic errors made by students in your classroom