Assessment Plan

4^th Grade Assessment Plan

Parts of Speech

Purpose

The parts of speech are the core of the English language. Teaching the parts of speech can be challenging and just as much of a challenge for students to learn. The purpose of this assessment plan is to help students understand the meanings and uses of each part of speech. It is also intended to prepare students to be able to properly utilize each part of speech in a sentence.

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to state the definition of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. Students will also be able to identify the parts of speech in sentences.

Assessment Context

In an effort to teach the parts of speech, a series of lessons and activities will be introduced that will help students learn, while also having fun.

Practice Activity: “It’s in the Bag” Game

Materials: brown paper bags, index cards, pencil and paper

Activity: Teacher will write different words on index cards that represent the various parts of speech. Students will be divided into two groups and given a set up word cards and paper bags that are labeled with the different parts of speech. Teams will attempt to place the words into the correct bags. The team with the most correctly identified words in the bags wins.

This activity is designed to not only focus on the learning of these very important parts of our language, but to also encourage teamwork through friendly competition.

Following this and other activities, and several reviews of the lessons, students will be given an assessment on parts of speech. They will be given a list of sentences and must identify the part (s) of speech of the underlined word or words. Students must then identify the words as noun, pronoun, verb, adverb or adjective.

** Students will be introduced to other parts of speech such as conjunctions and prepositions at a later time. The initial goal will be to help them understand the other basic parts of speech before learning additional ones.

Category	4	3	2	1	Score
Understanding of topic	Student demonstrates complete understanding by attempting to complete test items.	Student demonstrates understanding of most test items. Is able to recall what parts of speech are.	Student demonstrates basic understanding of test items, but is unclear on most. Confuses some parts of speech with others.	Student lacks any understanding of subject matter. Cannot recall definitions of parts of speech.
Identifying parts of speech	Student is able to identify all the parts of speech previously discussed on test items.	Student is able to identify most of the parts of speech on test items.	Student is able to identify some of the parts of speech on test items, but is uncertain of many.	Student cannot identify or recall any of the discussed parts of speech.
Determining correct responses	Student correctly answers all test items.	Student correctly answers most of the test items.	Student only answers a small percentage of test items accurately. Student attempts to answer items correctly, but is unable to on most items.	Student is unable to answer any test items correctly.

Testing Constraints

Time/Reference Material: Students will be allowed 30 minutes to complete the test. They must also rely on their memory from class activities and discussions and cannot use textbooks. Since the information has been covered in great detail, and the test will not be long, these constraints are being placed on this assessment. Future assessments will require students to perform more difficult tasks related to the topic and will thus have different constraints.