Terri Nysse@WI-ID

Title of the unit/module: Unpacking the Goals: Assessing Your Students

Terminal Objective: After assessing each student, the learner will be able to identify
an individuals strengths and challenges.
Pre-instructional Strategy: Overview of Assessment Procedure
Enabling
Objective

Level on
Blooms
Taxonomy*

Using a
Application
benchmark
literacy
assessment
(predetermined
by the
district) , the
learners will
assess each
student for
both
decoding and
comprehensio
n skills.
Using the
Analysis
assigned
benchmark
literacy
assessment,
the learners
will determine
each
students
reading level.
Based on the
strengths and

Synthesis

Fact,
concept,
principle,
rule,
procedure,
interpersona
l, or
attitude?
Procedure/
Interpersona
l

Learner Activity

Delivery Method

(What would
learners do to
master this
objective?)

(Group
presentation/lecture,
self-paced, or small
group)

The learners will

meet with his or
her students
one-on-one to
give them the
benchmark
reading
assessment.

Review of
assessment steps
through an on-line
discussion, Selfpaced assessments

Procedure

The learners will

analyze his or
her students
assessments
and determine
their reading
level based on
the benchmarks
provided by the
assessment
company.
The learners will
compile a list of

Self-paced, with a
small support
group meeting to
discuss to the
accuracy of the
results of the
assessment

Concept

On-line video
example of a

challenges
determined
by the
benchmark
literacy
assessment,
the learner
will
brainstorm a
list of
appropriate
decoding
and/or
comprehensio
n skills to
strengthen
with a given
student.
From the list
of decoding
and
comprehensio
n skills, using
the lesson
format
provided in
The Reading
Strategies
Book by
Jennifer
Serravallo or
a format of
his or her
choosing, the
learner will
begin to
develop minilessons for a
given student
to strengthen
his or her
areas of
challenge.

Application

Principle

a given
students
strengths and
challenges in
reading.

teacher analyzing
her students
assessment and
determining areas
of strength and
challenge, Selfpaced, with small
support group
meeting and
discussions, if
needed

The learner will

choose an area
of challenge,
and develop
three different
lessons to teach
the specific skill
or strategy.

Watch an on-line
video example of a
mini-lesson derived
from a students
challenge area,
Self-Paced with
small support
group discussion to
share ideas for
mini-lessons

Serravallo, J. (2015). The reading strategies book: Your everything guide to

developing skilled readers.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.