Understanding if your learners are working towards, meeting or exceeding curriculum expectations:
Three summative assessment tests (one after every six units) in each book.
Formative assessment activities built into each unit.
Guidance on assessing learner performance within three categories: Working towards expectations, Meeting expectations and Exceeding expectations.
learner self-assessment is given a central place in each unit.
For Learners:
Three learner worksheets in each unit: a text page, a comprehension worksheet and a word reading worksheet.
All three learner worksheets have a self-assessment section, ‘My learning log’, at the bottom of the page, to encourage learners to reflect on their own learning and progress.
For Educators:
18 six-page units of work in each book: three pages of learner worksheets and three pages of accompanying educators notes.
Each unit begins with clearly stated curriculum objectives and suggested outcomes at the text, comprehension and word reading levels.
A lesson plan is provided for each learner worksheet (three in total) and is divided into useful sections: background, educator information, introduction, development, differentiated individual/pair/group work and review.
Three formal assessment units in each book focusing separately on comprehension and word reading for the three terms of the academic year
Answers provided for all worksheets and assessment units.