LITERACY RESOURCE NOTEBOOK

CRITERIA UNACCEPTABLE ACCEPTABLE TARGET Score Content The content of the notebook demonstrates: NAEYC 1a: Knowing and understanding young children’s characteristics and needs. NAEYC 3a: Understanding the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment. NAEYC 3b: Knowing about and using observation, documentation, and other appropriate assessment tools and approaches. NAEYC 4c: Using a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate teaching/learning approaches. NAEYC 5c: Using their own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards, and other resources to design, implement, and evaluate meaningful, challenging curricula for each child. 30 & below The instructional notebook contains less than 5 instructional activities or evaluation (assessment) strategies for each of the required sections: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing. Ditto sheets, coloring sheets, or workbook pages were included. Less than 90% of the activities were put under the appropriate section. Procedures are not clearly stated and/or are incomplete for greater than 25% of the notebook. 31-40 points The instructional notebook contains at least 5 good instructional activities or evaluation (assessment) strategies for each of the required sections: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing. A few of the activities are not developmentally appropriate and will not be encouraging critical thinking and active learning. At least 90% of the activities were put under the appropriate section. (Please carefully check your phonics and PA sections!) Procedures for all the assessment strategies are included in the notebook; however these are vague or incomplete for less than 25% of them. 41-45 points The assessment notebook contains at least 5 high quality instructional activities or evaluation (assessment) strategies for each of the required sections: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing. The activities included in the notebook were carefully chosen. These demonstrate developmentally appropriate practice and they engage learners in active learning and critical thinking. All activities were put under the appropriate section (A checklist might not be the best tool for comprehension). Clear procedures for the activities are included in the notebook. Planning and preparing demonstrates NAEYC 4b: Knowing and understanding effective strategies and tools for early education; and NAEYC 4c: Using a broad repertoire of developmentally appropriate teaching/learning approaches. 14 & below Many of the instructional activities and evaluation strategies included in the notebook are of the same kind or will involve children in the same manner. Majority of the strategies included in the notebook are taken from the textbook and/or class D2L site. 14-17 points Some of the activities included in the notebook are of the same type or are slight modification of other activities (e.g., puzzle for each of the 5 sections, somewhat similar rating scales, etc.) Majority of the activities are taken from multiple resources – not just from the textbook or class D2L site. The notebook demonstrates careful selection and/or review of multiple resources. 18-20 points The activities included in notebook are of various kinds. They engage learners in different modalities of learning. The activities are taken from multiple resources – not just from the textbook or class D2L site. The notebook demonstrates careful selection and/or review of multiple resources. There are strategies AND assessment tools in the notebook. Rationale/Modifications: Please review the example on D2L NAEYC 4d: Reflecting on their own practice to promote positive outcomes for each child. 20 & below Some sections are lacking a rationale for each of the activities included in the notebook (automatic zero in this category if there are no rationales). The work appears to be merely a compilation of activities. Modifications are not included or clearly explained. 21-26 points Rationale for selecting and including each activity in the notebook is present; however, these are not clearly stated and are not reflective of developmentally appropriate practice and sound philosophy of education. Modifications are included and the majority is explained. 27-30 points A clear statement of why each of the activities was included in the notebook is present. These statements reflect developmentally appropriate practice and sound philosophy of education. Modifications are included and clearly explained. Organization and Appearance 10 & below The notebook does not appear to be organized and is not attractive. It does not have table of contents, page numbers, and/or tabs for readers’ easy navigation. 11-13 points The notebook is organized and attractive. The notebook has a table of contents and sections have tabs; however, tabs are not showing and/or handwritten. Thus, it is hard for the reader to navigate. Table of contents may contain errors. 14-15 points The notebook is attractive and neatly organized. It has table of contents and page numbers for easy navigation. Sections have machine-typed AND visible tabs. APA format, referencing, grammar, usage, and mechanics 10 & below Written components do not conform to APA format. Sources are not cited or are cited incorrectly. Automatic zero in this category if there is no written component. 11-13 points All written components are in APA 6th edition format. Effort to cite is exhibited, but this is done incorrectly. 14-15 points All written components are in APA 6th edition format (12 font size, 1 inch margin in all sides, double-spaced). In-text and parenthetical citation, as well as headings, are APA-based, too. Run-on sentences are all over the paper. Big ideas are not organized into paragraphs. Thoughts are organized into paragraphs; but these are too long or too short. Some run-on sentences are present. Spacing and/or formatting is incorrect. Thoughts are organized in paragraphs that are properly indented. There are no run-on sentences in the paper. More than 4 inappropriate/misspelled words are found in the paper. Proper usage of capitalization and punctuation is not evident. There are 2-4 inappropriate/misspelled words. Correct punctuation and capitalization is observed in most part of the paper. Words are carefully selected and correctly spelled. The proper usage of capitalization and punctuation is observed throughout the paper. The paper is not edited well. Incorrect subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement, as well as tenses of verbs, are all over the paper. There are more than 5 errors present. Subject-verb, as well as pronoun-antecedent agreement, is observed in most parts of the paper. Verbs are in the past tense and skillful use of preposition is exhibited. There are fewer than 5 errors present. The paper is carefully edited. It is error-free. Total Score /125 ***Note: The instructor may add additional points for work that exceeds these guidelines.