Informal Classroom Base Assessment

The assessment that I would use if I were an ESL teacher would be informal classroom base assessment. This informal assessment will help me decide:
• How to plan future instruction so that student needs are met
• How students should be grouped for instruction so that each student receives instruction at the right level of difficulty
• If instruction is being delivered at the right pace
• Which students need individual support One of the problems that I have seen in ESL students struggling with is connecting the spoken language with the writing. In order to make connection with the concept of speaking and writing, I would introduce the concept of print by introducing a new book that we have not read. I discuss how prints carries meaning,
I would stop during my reading to emphasize on mood, and feelings of the character in the story. After the reading, I would ask the student to write the words I have written on the board. I would write the words again with them by saying out loud the letters in the word being written. Assessment The next day, to see if the students have learned from the introduction. I would give the students a copy of the book and ask assessment questions like: “Can anyone show me a letter? A word? A sentence? The title? The end of the sentence (punctuation mark), the back and front of the book? I would read the story again and model the student to follow me as I read. At the end of the story we would discuss, what happen? Who were the characters, and which part of the story you like? The students would make their own five-page book on answering the questions about the story. Students are allowed to illustrate and make their book their own expression of their