Today we had an introduction to the PaCT. I can see this becoming a really useful tool for confirming and checking where we place students in regards to achievement in reading, writing and maths. The challenge for me (and probably others) is ensuring I "gather" enough evidence to prove that my judgements are correct. The PaCT illustrations give some great examples of what that evidence might look like. I need to ensure I am recording enough anecdotal notes about what kids are doing in class, taking photos of work and asking them to do more in the way of responses to books in their books for for the walls. Today's session was on reading and I think this is an area that I definitely need to improve on in regards to the way I track progress throughout the year. We have writing goals in the kids books (and writing is easy to "see" what they are doing) and we have the same in maths. I also need to ensure I am tracking how kids participate in other curriculum areas better.
- Literacy Learning progressions describes the skills the reader is doing to show what is in the progression framework.
- Still relevant and important document.
- Use PaCT illustrations for ideas of types of learning experiences we can be doing to see what students can do.
