Student literacy goal setting and reflection is a powerful tool for the classroom. Through using student self-assessment as a way to pre-assess student understanding of various topics in literacy, the teacher can help guide students in recognizing where students are in their literacy learning.
Teachers can help students become more actively engaged in the learning process through goal setting. Telling students key ideas and vocabulary to learn, asking students what they currently know and would like to learn, helps students to become a more active participant in their own learning.
Asking students to check off what they already know and then having them check what book genres they have already read gets students more actively engaged in their own learning.
Providing prewritten sample goals, provides a structure for the students to come up with their own learning goals for each area of literacy.
FYI: I only endorse things that I've personally used or have come highly recommended from my teacher friends and family and think they may be helpful to you. If you buy anything mentioned using my Amazon referral links, I may get a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Finally students are given a checklist of academic behaviors to help meet their own goals. This helps to make what is seemingly an invisible process of learning more visible for students through specific strategies for planning, monitoring and evaluating their own learning.
Telling students what they will learn and asking them what they already know about that topic helps to prepare students to be aware of key vocabulary and phrases in their upcoming literacy lessons.
Student motivation is key to their success. As you use these pages throughout the year you will be able to specifically spot which students need enriching of the material being covered and who could use additional practice.
If you liked my freebie, you can get the Literacy Pre-Assessment & Goal Setting Packet here.
You will be able to have the students self assess where they are currently performing in the areas of:
- Elements of Plot
- Genres of Informational Text
- Folk Tale Genres
- Story Vocabulary
- Types of Conflict
- Point of View
- Types of Characters
- Story Devices
- Poetry
- Figurative Language
- Irony, Sarcasm & Satire
- Informational Text Features
- Theme, Tone & Mood
- Drama
- Informational Text Structure
Each Pre-Assessment is a focused way to kick off a new area of study.
Students will then be guided to come up with goals and a plan of how to meet their literacy goals.
You can have the students put these in their data binders, take them home to share with parents or even conference with your students individually.
Do you have your students set content area goals? I would love to hear about it!
