[puneetachanana]

It is a great idea to get to know your EAL students at the beginning of the year.
I jot down notes as I meet my students individually for informal testing and getting to know you session.
The first session does take a bit of time but it is worth every minute. There are things you get to know about their personal, family, academic, social, religious and cultural backgrounds.
Have a go and see if it helps.

[puneetachanana]

Apologies Vera. I hadn’t seen your detailed reply!

[puneetachanana]

Sure Alex. We can share our simplified copy with you tomorrow sometime during the PD day.

[puneetachanana]

We agree. I and my team have looked through the oral language assessment rubric and find it very complex for an assessment that requires easier navigation.
We have in fact used the rubric for assessing writing and found the same problem. We simplified the rubric’s contents and continue to modify it as we go.
I think we will be doing the same thing with the oral language one.
Please note, we are not changing things, just expressing them differently.

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