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ASSESSMENT BLM 3

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Class Summary, Comprehension Strategies (Nonfiction)

Teacher: ________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________

Grade: _____________________ School: __________________________________________________________

The purpose of this class assessment summary sheet is to provide each teacherwith an overall picture of children’s use of comprehension strategies whenreading nonfiction text. The diagnosticinformation should help teachers to formflexible learning groups.

Checklist

M = Most of the Time

S = Some of the Time

N = Not Yet

• Sets a purpose for reading

• Uses the table of contents

• Previews (skims) the text

• Makes predictions

• Reflects upon (and often shares) knowledge ofthe topic

• Creates mental pictures

• Pauses and reads graphs, charts and pictures

• Uses an index (if needed)

• Uses titles, headings, bold print, captions

• Uses a glossary (if needed)

• Chooses to read all or only part of the text—asneeded

• Monitors comprehension

• Uses appropriate fix-up strategies

• Asks questions of the text

• Knows how to find answers to questions (on the page, off the page)

• Summarizes the main idea(s) and supportingdetails (retells effectively)

• Reacts to the text (makes personal connections)(Continued on page 522)

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486 Published by ETA/Cuisenaire® under license from Nelson. Copyright © 2005 by Thomson Nelson.BLACKLINE MASTER 1

Reading to a Buddy

Name: __________________________________________ Date: _______________________________

Title: ____________________________________________ Author: _____________________________

My Buddy: Yes No

1.Read the title, author’s name, and looked at the cover

2.Shared what he or she knew about the topic before starting

3.Made a prediction before reading

4.Enjoyed the book

5.Talked about the book

6. If my buddy was stuck, he/she

My buddy thinks this book is: Easy Just right Hard (Circle one).

He or she thinks this because

______________________________

Buddy

Pocket Chart Letter Cards

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Memory Cards—All 100+ High-Frequency Sight Words (End of Grade 1)



the THE

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to TO

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where WHERE

Mystery Word Cards—Grade 1



smallest

farmers




addition

planets




Saturday

scratch




stopping

biggest




friends

spring




trumpets

present




tricks

stopping




computer

lights




stranger

animals




spider

smallest




baseball

walking




stopping



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crackers

pockets




monkeys

mothers




crackers

oatmeal




splash

spider




surprise

splash




scratch

pumpkins




pictures

millions




always

duckling




jumping

walking




winter

stopping




sports

always




Saturday

planets




blankets

Complete List of 37 Rimes, Model Words, and Illustrations



Rime Model Word Illustration

ack tack

ain train





ake cake

ale whale





all ball

ame name Sidney





an pan

ank bank





ap cap

ash trash





at cat

ate skate





aw claw

ay tray





eat meat

ell shell





est nest

ice rice





ick brick

ide bride





ight night

ill hill





in pin

ine nine





ing king

ink sink





ip ship

it hit





ock sock

oke joke





op stop

ore store





ot pot

uck truck





ug bug

ump jump





unk skunk

Student Letter Cards—Lower Case



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c z e

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Student Letter Cards—Upper Case



P G B

L Q A

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X N M

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Writing Center Cards



Writing Center Card # 8

Draw a picture of your home on the street where you

live. Write your name, address, and telephone number at

the bottom of the page. Using your address on the page,

see if you can find your street on the map. Stick a star on

the map to show where your street is. Share your

findings with a friend. Where does your friend live? Who

lives the farthest from the school?

Nonfiction—informationalSocial Studies—Community

Maps

Note to teacher: After all students have completed Writing Center Card # 8,the pictures can be used to create a wall map or mural of your schoolcommunity.





Write a letter to a student in a lower grade. In the

letter, describe your teacher, what your teacher

likes and doesn’t like, and some of the classroom

routines. What are some of your favorite in-class

activities? Explain to the younger student how you

think your teacher helps children learn.

You will be delivering this letter to your little

buddy when it is complete.

Nonfiction –- informationalLetter writing


Make a list of all the boys and girls in our classroom. Use

this list to help you when you are sending mail to other

students or conducting surveys in our classroom. In what

order will you list all of your classmates?

Nonfiction – informationalList making





Draw yourself and your family sharing a special

time together. Write about it.

Later, you’ll be able to take your picture

home and remind your family of the time

you thought was so special.

Nonfiction – narrativeSocial Studies – Family


Plan a meal that includes all of the food. Later, you’ll be

able to take your plan home and share it with your family.

Perhaps you could actually help cook the meal you

planned!

Nonfiction – informationalList making

Health – nutrition





Write the names of your two favorite animals. Draw them.

What things are the same about these two animals? What

things are different? Write an interesting fact about each

animal that people may be surprised to find out. Share

your writing with a friend. Was your friend surprised?

Nonfiction – informationalCompare and contrast


Make a poster to advertise your favorite book. Be sure to

include the title, author, and an illustration. Also include

some information about the book that will interest other

students, but don’t give away too much!

Our posters will be put on display in the library. Let’s see

if more students sign out these “advertised” books!

Nonfiction – informationalPersuasive writing

Advertisements





Talk to a friend about the kind of job you predict that you

will have when you grow up.

Draw a picture of yourself as an adult at work.

Write this caption under the picture:

I am a __________________________________.

Write a letter applying for that job. Explain why you would

be an excellent person to do that work.

FictionPersuasive writing

PredictionsLetter writing

Health – Careers





Pretend that your toys come to life while you are at school.

Write a story about the kinds of things they do all day.

Fiction


Imagine that you are the teacher. Describe a day in your

classroom. What kinds of things would you do? Why

would you do those things?

FictionDescriptive writing

Social Studies – Careers





Make a list of words to describe your best friend. Include

at least ten million-dollar words (those juicy, descriptive

words that help you make a picture in your head). Be sure

to share your list with your best friend when it’s complete.

YOU’LL MAKE YOUR FRIEND’S DAY!

NonfictionDescriptive writing

Vocabulary development





First find a partner. Then take turns telling each other about your

most exciting day. Next, both of you write descriptions of your

exciting days, explaining what happened and why it was so

exciting. Write the descriptions in point form like this:

Title: _________________________________________

First _________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Then _________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Next _________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Finally _________________________________________

____________________________________________________

I think that my day was so exciting because

____________________________________________________

____________________________________________________

Finally compare your descriptions. Was there anything the same?

Nonfiction – narrativeCompare and contrast





Write about your most terrible, horrible, no-good,

very bad day. This may be a true story or one you

imagine. Be sure to include any helpful hints for

preventing such a day in the future.

Share your hints with a friend.

Fiction or nonfiction – narrative


Write a letter to your teacher describing what you like best

about school. Explain why you like those things.

Also tell your teacher what you like least about school.

Again, please explain why you feel this way. Can you

explain how to make school better?


Letter writingCompare and contrast





Write about three things you have done in school that

made you feel proud and explain why those things

made you feel that way. Then list those three things as

your three medals on the Three Medals and a Mission

sheet to use in your personal goal setting.

Nonfiction – narrativeLists

Self-assessment


Draw and write a comic strip showing something funny

that has happened to you. Your comic strip will be added

to others to create our “classroom funny pages.”

Nonfiction – narrative





You have been asked to write an article for a pet

magazine. Choose a favorite pet. Write a description of

that pet as well as what you need to do to take care of it.

Be sure to draw a picture to go with your writing.

Accuracy is important! Your article will be added

to our classroom “pet magazine.”

Nonfiction – informationalDescriptive writing

Note to teacher: After all students have completed their “pet article,” thearticles can be put together into a “pet magazine.”


Close your eyes.

Make believe you are somewhere else.

Draw a picture of this place and write three sentences

to describe it. Share your work with a friend.


Visualization





Write a note to your teacher telling him or her about

something you would like to learn about in school.

Be sure to explain why you would like to learn it.

NonfictionPersuasive writing





Interview someone who works in our school.

Find out the following information:

Name

What job do you do?

What time do you arrive for work each day?

When do you go home?

How long have you been working at this school?

What is your favorite part of your job?

Is there something about your job you dislike?

How could it be made better?

Share what you have learned with

someone else in your class.

Nonfiction – informationalInterviewing/Reporting

Social Studies – Careers, Community (school)





Write a grocery list for your family. Pretend that you

are in charge of shopping. Remember to include food

items from all of the food groups in order to provide

healthy meals. Challenge: Try to think of foods that

start with each letter of the alphabet.

A — apples

B — bananas

C — chocolate

Fiction or nonfictionAlphabetization

List making





Pretend you have traveled to the future in a time machine.

Describe what your school would be like.

What do you learn about?

Who is your teacher?

Do you read and write?

What does your school look like?

How many students are there in one class?

Our predictions will be placed in a time capsule to be

opened in the future. Will any of our predictions come true?


Predictions





Write a description of yourself. Be sure to include your

age, date of birth, where you were born, the name of your

school and grade, as well as any hobbies or interests.

This description will be entitled “About the Author” and

used with all your published writing.


Autobiography


Write a letter to a special person you know. It might be

your grandma or grandpa, a neighbor, a babysitter, or a

funny friend. Tell that person why he or she is special to

you.

You will deliver or send your letter to the special person.


Letter writing





Design an invitation to your birthday party. Don’t

forget to include whom the party is for, where the

party will be held, as well as the time and date.

Fiction or nonfictionWriting invitations


Write a thank you note to someone you really want to

thank. Be sure to include the reason you are

thanking them. Once your thank you note has been

shared with the teacher, it will be delivered or sent.

NonfictionWriting thank you notes





Use a blank calendar or a page from a daytimer to plan

your week. You may include activities you are really

involved in or activities you would like to do.

Fiction or nonfictionCharting schedules


Find a partner. Discuss how to make a friend.

Write some of the steps you might take. What

would you do first? Second? How would you keep

the friend once you’ve made one?

Procedural writingHealth





Think about numbers that are special to you.

These may include your address, phone number,

birth date, or even numbers of things that belong to

you (like the number of marbles in your marble

collection). Write three of your special numbers

and write at least one sentence explaining why

each of these numbers is important to you.

NonfictionMath


Write the names of all your classmates (or use the list you

created from Writing Center Card #10). Ask students

about their pets. Record the number and type of pets

each student has next to his or her name. Then, add up

the total number of each type and make a bar graph. Use

dog, cat, fish, hamster, bird, or other as your choices.

Nonfiction – interviewingMath – graphing

Social Studies – Our Families

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