Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Linking the Bridge to Emergent Literacy Best Practice
After you've completed the assignments for our virtual class meeting, Feb. 10, think carefully about the best practice recommendations of the position statement you read. How could the Bridge Assessment help you implement best practices in your own classroom. Please give two specific examples. Optional additional task: If you have any questions about the tasks for Feb. 10, ask them here.
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Knowing where a child falls on the continum, and where all the kids in my class fall can help me change instruction to meet the needs of the most students. For example if most of the children in my room don't recognize the letters in their names, my instruction needs to be more focuesd on introducding letters to children. Also showing them their name frequently and pointing out the letters in it will help them a lot. Another example would be if the students all seem to be able to follow a beat and complete familiars ryhmes, I may move on to introducing unfamiliar ryhmes and have them create their own ryhmes.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge Assessment is a vital part of the process of determining where a child fall in the early stages of emergent literacy. By using the bridge a teacher can appropriately place a student in activities that are challenging, yet beneficial because they are working at their own level of understanding.If a student is struggling with sounding out words the teacher can focus on this area.By placing more effort into helping the student in a specific area they will gain the necessary help they need. Putting children in groups with other students that may be having problems in the same area is a great way to teach the child while immersing them in group activities. A second way the bride is beneficial is that placing a student in appropriate levels of work keeps the child interested. When a student is progressing in their work, they are more confident to try to move to the next level of learning.The bridge can be a great tool to help teachers provide positive reinforcement by placing the child where they need to be.
ReplyDeleteUsing the Bridge assessment, I can identify how much my students know about books/reading. This way, I can "recognize the early beginnings of literacy acquisition" in my elementary students. By identifying and recognizing where my students are in the process of learning to read, I can individualize my instruction so that all my students are challenged and have the opportunity to learn and grow, which is part of the best practice reccomendations. Another aspect of the best practice reccomendations that can be implimented by using the Bridge assessment is to allow flexible writing experiences for my students. My students can keep a journal and practice writing without the pressure to perform and get the spelling right. I can use the Bridge assessment to identify how close they are to conventional writing, and then I can instruct from there.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge assessment is a great way to specifically target student's literacy development. The categories of this assessment will help me as a teacher to determine where I can best help my students. I want to make sure my students are getting the kind of instruction that is best for them as individuals. I think the Bridge will help me to specifically determine what I will help each student with. I will also use the Bridge strategy of reading aloud. I want my students to be "active participants" in reading. Discussion about books in small groups can also help with vocabulary and comprehension development.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge assessment breaks emergent reading into parts which we can recognize and understand. In the case of students with disabilities this can be very helpful, because it recognizes even the smallest improvement. Students with intellectual disability often learn at a much slower rate, and the Bridge assessment recognizes even the smallest incriments of progress. Also, the bridge assessment indicates where a student is in their learning, so that the lessons can be modified to fit their individual needs. This keeps the learner from getting bored by offering the maximum level of challenge and support.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge assessment allows us as educators to identify students specific needs. It allows us to see where a student is now and what goals they can reach with patience and hard work. If a student if struggling in a specific area then we can focus more heavily on those specific areas so they can get better and better at that particular task. The Bridge helps us recognize increases in ability which benefits the student because we know what works and what is best for that student. Our ultimate goal is to challenege these students so they grow intellectually but we don't want to scare them away from wanting to learn if it is too hard. The Bridge helps us do that most effectively.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge assessment is a great way to find out what students know about reading and identify where they need help. I really like how it recognizes small achievements and indicates what level the child is on, so instruction can be modified. If a student is struggling in a particular area, the Bridge helps identify this, so the teacher can help the student with that. I think the Bridge will help me target where I need to focus my time and what my students need help with. I really like the idea of reading out loud and am going to incorporate that into my classroom.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge assessment allows us as teachers to see exactly where our students may fall on the literacy spectrum. Instead of just kind of having to guess where the child is, you can know for sure. Not only does this benefit us as educators, but it also benefits the student because their needs are going to be met in the best way possible. If I am not sure of how well a child can identify certain letters, I can give them the bridge assessement and this gives me a good idea of wher they are. More specifically I know whether I can move on to different letters or if we need to review this set of letters a little bit better. You can also use this type of assessment in reading groups.
ReplyDeleteKnowing the Bridge and knowing its uses for the students in the classroom, it can help with practices in the classroom by knowing what levels of communication that students are on. For example, some students are beginning to explore books by putting them in their mouth. Others are turning the pages and may have the book turned upside down. Another student may recognize the book by its cover and point to each word as they are reading using print to speech connections. This means that we can have different books for different students; the first student might just want any kind of book if they are only exploring a book; a book that has pictures on it might also help, that way the next time they see it, they might start to recognize which book it is and become more interested and want to read the book. The second example of the student just randomly turning the pages, the teacher could work with them to turn the book over and get them to start turning the pages slower, which would perhaps draw their attention to the pictures and maybe even the words in the book and might get them to read. In the final example, the student can read to another student and this can help build their confidence so that later on, they can move to different levels of reading.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge Assessment allows individualization of each student's lesson plan. With this being said, each student will have a different learning style due to their level of literacy. If a child is in the beginning stage such as exploring the book, then I would provide them with a more asthetically appealing book so that they learn to become interested in what the book has to offer. Another way the Bridge Assessment could help is in determining the child's ability to recognize letters. By knowing where the student is at in their letter knowledge, I can implement activities that focus on what they are struggling with most.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge assessment is a great tool to understand what level each student is on. This is very important in their education career because if the student is above grade level they need a high level of books so they have that constant challenge. While the others might be struggling this assessment can help us understand where they are having trouble with literacy. One of the practices that can be implemented into the primary grades to help the students is being able to have daily experiences of reading independently using informational texts. If the students at this age get to read independently they will be able to create a habit that they can use throughout their educational career. Another practice that is used is daily opportunities for the students to write in many different methods. This gives the students a chance to use their imagination where they can create stories, list, and messages to others. This also give them a chance to enhance their writing skills. This Bridge assessment is a very though out assessment that can help children at young ages get the help they need so they have the same chance as others to imporve their emergent literacy
ReplyDeleteBy using the Bridge a teacher can determine where his or her students fall on the continum & how he/she can best help his/her students and change his/her instruction to best suit each student's individual needs. No one teaching method or approach is likely to be most effective for all children. Good teachers use different strategies to encompass all types of learning. By reading aloud to my students I can ensure that my students are being active participants in reading. I can ask my students perdictive and anlytical questions in small-group settings to assess their vocabulary & comprehension of stories. Another important practice to implement in my classroom would be exposing my students to print & the concepts about print. By using Big Books I can help my students distinguish many print features, for example: the fact that print (rather than pictures) carries the meaning of the story. In addition, by exposing them to print I can help my students to learn that reading progresses from left to right and top to bottom. I can demonstrate these features by pointing to individual worlds, directing my students attention to where to being reading, and helping children recognize letter shapes and sounds.
ReplyDeleteI think the Bridge is great because it really breaks down the individual skills that go into being able to read. I think that it is of a good way assessing those skills so that we know where to begin when teaching a student with a disability to read. I think that would be really overwhelming if it were not for the Bridge because it fills that emergent gap. I feel like it breaks the idea of teaching reading up into bite sized chunks. I would use it to assess where my students are the strongest to build on those strengths. Like if I knew that a student had a really strong foundation in writing and a weak foundation in reading I would really lean on the writing to teach the reading skills like my mom did for my brother. Is there any good in the maturationist view? I feel like there are too many high performance expectation placed on kindergarteners and that view would give them a little more room to breathe.
ReplyDeleteUsing the Bridge assessment can help identify the areas in which a child needs to grow or allow growth for a certain strength or weakness. You can use this assessment to see the ways in which a student distinuishes letters and shapes to make out certain ideas or thoughts they are trying to communicate. There is a broad range of literacy abilties, including reading and writing; it is vital to build one upon the other. The only question I have is when assessing students in your classroom, are there certain psychological aspects you should be aware of? For example, we discussed in class how boys and girls mature and develop at different rates. How would you incorporate factors such as these into your assessment?
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The Bridge Assessment is a great evaluation for not only the child, but also the teacher. It allows us to assess the child to a point of frustration, and then that tells us where we need to start instruction for that individual child. It gives us the information we need help place that child in the area in which they can learn to their best ability. It also informs of what that child strengths and weakness in reading and vocab literacy. You can also understand what that child may be thinking, even though they can not express it through their reading, but through shapes and letters. Even though you can not read a child's hand writing, or they may bot spell the words right, but as long as they are spelling like it sounds, then I think it is an achievement!
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge Assessment is a great tool to determine where a child is in their emergent literacy. This assessment in the end is beneficial to both the student and teacher. The Bridge assessment will help educators identify in what areas a student needs more instruction and help as well as the areas in which they are knowledgeable in. The Bridge identifies small achievements that the student makes and also identifies a specific area. This enables the teacher to directly provide what the student specifically needs. I fill that the Bridge assessment will help me to provide individualized instruction to my students.
ReplyDeleteThe Bridge will be helpful in placing students. Putting students into groups where they receive information relevant to their learning abilities will keep the child interested in school and in learning and will help their self confidence.
I also like the concept of reading aloud which is a Bridge strategy. As the Bridge discusses this will help the students become “active participants” within the classroom in reading. Students can be assessed afterwards on their comprehension of the literature. Not only does this strategy increase comprehension but also vocabulary.
The Bridge assessment is a great tool to use when understanding your students progress. It helps you understand what they are capable of and where they needed extra instruction. I would like to make small groups and let the students read and discuss what they are reading. I would like to make my groups as diverse as possible. I think that it is beneficial to have different abilities in one group so they can all learn from one another. I also think that using music is a great way to help with comprehension and vocabulary. I would also like to expose them to as much print as possible. I would like to have them keep a journal daily, a fun journal. They could talk about what they had for dinner the night before or what they did. If they have trouble writing in it they could draw a picture to explain what they are thinking. Then I could go over the journals with them and write what they were trying to say under the picture or show them how to correct their spelling.
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