Description
Literacy Assessment Report
Create a literacy assessment report based on one of the following student profiles:
University of Phoenix Material: Elementary Student (Attached Document)
- Title page
- Data from the elementary student information provided
- A 600 - to 1,200-word analysis of the student information in which you do the following:
- Describe the essential components of early literacy.
- Analyze the results of informal and formal assessments administered to the student.
- Explain the placement decision made for the student.
- Recommend interventions for the student that address the needs identified in the assessments.
- Identify formal assessments to be used in the future for progress monitoring and placement of the student.
- Describe the benefits and challenges of continuous assessment and progress monitoring for the student.
- Present a plan for communicating these results to parents and for involving them in the proposed literacy interventions.
Note: You may wish to refer to Appendix B of Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties for an example of an assessment report.
Include the following elements in your literacy assessment report:
Note: Please use a professional tone and do not include the University of Phoenix Material in the word count requirement.
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Explanation & Answer
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Running Head: LITERACY ASSESSMENT
Tyler’s Literacy Assessment
Name
Institution
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Introduction
In this report, literacy refers to the ability of the student to use images in varied forms and
language to speak, write, read, think critically and listen to ideas. At the kindergarten and
elementary schools, literacy introduces the students to writing and reading which creates an
awareness of the learning language and builds motivation to learn (Huck & Young, 2001). At the
early school years, literacy instruction helps the students to engage with texts and images that
help them to develop active and creative communication.
Essential Literacy Components
The ability to read and write comes from skills that are developed by teachers to the
students through a literacy program. The program consists of the necessary elements for the
student to develop writing and reading skills and having an effective literacy program will ensure
the teacher succeeds in their duty. There are various essential literacy components that a student
must be able to understand.
Awareness of Phonemic
This is the ability of the student to understand that a word is made up of different sounds
that can be manipulated. This is an essential component of literacy since it allows the student to
recognize printed or written words, it helps the student use words and identify different sounds in
the word and also helps the teacher to understand a student’s ability to spell and read words
(Jones, 2016). Phonemic awareness a necessary component as it determines whether the child
will succeed in learning how to read and write. Activities conducted during phonemic awareness
include counting and rearranging sounds, listening, hearing, separating and matching sounds to
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make different words. Teaching can involve the use of games, chanting, and the use of
manipulative activities as well as singing sound songs and poems.
Phonics
This involves the ability to understand how sounds are made by manipulating letters. In
this case, students can identify and recognize sounds made by various letters or a combination of
letters (Huck & Young, 2001). Phonics instructions are crucial as they help the child to break
down words by recognizing the different sounds that are associated with different letters.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary includes the knowledge of words that helps in effective communication. It
could include oral and reading vocabulary. Oral vocabularies are those words used while
speaking or those recolonized while listening and reading vocabulary are those printed words
that a student can recognize. Children are taught vocabulary to help them gain knowledge of
words and use them in interactions (Jones, 2016). The knowledge of many vo...