Speaking Assessment

Grade Level: 3rd Grade

SOL Standard:
Language Arts, 3.2 The student will:
a) Speak clearly.
b) Use appropriate volume and pitch.
c) Speak at an understandable rate.
d) Organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information.
e) Use contextually appropriate language and specific vocabulary to communicate
Ideas.
Science, 3.5 The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and
terrestrial food chains.
b) herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; and
c) predator and prey.

WIDA standard(s): Standard 4: The Language of Science

WIDA level: Developing (3): Simple and expanded oral sentences; responses show emerging complexity
used to add detail.

Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate the students ability to respond to a
spontaneous question and their ability to casually, and relevantly, speak about a topic.

Directions in the student-friendly language. (Points):

I will read you a statement about what we have learned in class. Together, we will have a
conversation about the topic. I will give you a word bank that has key vocabulary from this unit.
You may use the words as many times as you would like. Please listen to my statement and then
respond to it appropriately.

Word Bank

Herbivore Carnivore Omnivore Bunny Fox

Deer Lion Cow Bear

Assessment:

1. Test taker hears: Describe what a predator is and please state three examples that we have
discussed in class. What is your favorite predator?
Test taker will respond with appropriate response. This response will include vocabulary of at least three
types of predators and describe what they do (i.e. hunt their prey).
2. Test taker hears: Please explain what a Herbivore is and give three examples.
Test taker will respond with appropriate response. He or she will use examples of the food that they eat
(i.e. grass, vegetables). He or she will also explain that herbivores do not eat meat and state three
examples of a herbivore (i.e Bunny, Deer, Cow).
3. Test taker hears: What is your favorite animal? Please tell me what it is and using the
terms that we learned in class, please describe it.
Test taker will respond with appropriate response. He or she will share their favorite animal and describe
whether it is a herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore. In addition, he or she will state what food it consumes
as prey (if a carnivore or omnivore) and what predators it has.

Points: The three questions are worth a total of 75 points. According to the rubric, Appendix 4.1 Student
Oral Language Observation Matrix, each question is worth 25 points.

Assessment items:
Nothing is required for the student.
A recorder to record the assessment and reflect back on it.
A paper and pencil to take notes during the assessment.
Rubric attached at the end

I will assess the student using the Appendix 4.1 Student Oral Language Observation Matrix