Assessing Oral Language Development

The video tutorial covers foundational skills in education, focusing on sight word recognition, alphabet knowledge, oral language development, and assessment types. It provides strategies for engaging students in learning, such as using a variety of materials for sight word practice and teaching alphabet knowledge in context. The tutorial also explains how wordless texts can enhance oral language skills and discusses the appropriate use of different assessment types to evaluate student proficiency and program effectiveness.

What should a teacher recommend to parents if a student dislikes practicing sight word flashcards at home?

• Skip to the next grade level list

• Stop practicing at home

• Offer a variety of engaging materials

• Conduct a summative assessment

How is alphabet knowledge most effectively taught?

• Within sight word fluency activities

• Explicitly in context

• By learning the ABC song

• Through rote memorization

Which of the following activities helps increase oral language?

• Listening comprehension questions

• Concepts of print activities

• Motor skills exercises

• Songs, chants, and tongue twisters

How do wordless texts help beginning readers practice oral language?

• By receiving instruction with the gradual release model

• By practicing letter to sound correspondence

• By developing phonics acquisition

• By adding their own dialogue to illustrations

When should oral and written language instruction occur?

• Oral and written language instruction should happen simultaneously

• Written language instruction should come first

• Phonics instruction should come before oral and written language instruction

• Oral language instruction should come first

Which type of assessment is used to compare proficiency levels across a class?

• Criterion referenced

• Norm referenced

• Rubric based on grade level expectations

• Performance based

What is a suitable activity for a literacy station for beginning readers?

• Identifying parts of speech

• Decoding texts on instructional levels

• Sight word recognition

• ORF assessment

Which type of assessment should a teacher use to determine the next day's whole group lesson?

• Formative

• Benchmark

• Diagnostic

• Summative

What does a criterion-referenced assessment test for?

• The effectiveness of a reading program

• Grade level expectations

• Student performance to show proficiency

• Mastery within a peer group

Which assessment should be given at the end of a unit to check for understanding?

• Summative

• Diagnostic

• Benchmark

• Formative