Student's Name: Jasmin Bear Grade: 4

Date: October, 2005

Listening __ Emerging Phase __ Early Developing Phase Developing Phase Notes: Jasmin listens carefully to the teacher and to her peers. She focuses on a listening task and can readily recall the main events or ideas and pertinent details. She recognizes the differences between facts and opinions, and can sense bias and stereotyping. She supports her judgements with reasons.	Speaking __ Emerging Phase __ Early Developing Phase Developing Phase Notes: Jasmin is comfortable expressing her ideas in small groups and to the whole class. She expresses her ideas clearly when reporting and is showing more confidence in speaking to adults and at assembly. She retells stories effectively and enjoys doing choral speaking.
Reading __ Emerging Phase __ Early Developing Phase Developing Phase Notes: In think alouds, Jasmin shows an understanding of the cueing systems. She reads fluently and with expression orally but is still developing word attack strategies (needs to learn how to use context and structural clues). She is reading grade-level texts, and attends to meaning and self-corrects when reading challenging texts. She enjoys reading about mysteries and adventures.	Writing __ Emerging Phase __ Early Developing Phase Developing Phase Notes: Jasmin understands the steps of the writing process. She sometimes finds it difficult to focus her writing but when she has a format and purpose, she quickly drafts her compositions. She enjoys writing narratives and short poems. Jasmin's sentences show variety and she has a good sense for word order and acceptable usage. Jasmin is still in a transitional phase of spelling (the CVCe pattern and silent letters need attention). She takes pride in cursive writing.
Viewing __ Emerging Phase __ Early Developing Phase Developing Phase Notes: Jasmin readily identifies the key visual features or elements of a text. She views with purpose and can retell a narrative with considerable elaboration. Jasmin easily distinguishes fact from fantasy and recognizes bias and stereotyping in visuals. She identifies and can discuss the values underlying a media message (e.g., poster, toy commercial).	Representing __ Emerging Phase __ Early Developing Phase Developing Phase Notes: Jasmin enjoys drawing and illustrates many of her reports. She is beginning to include graphs, diagrams, and charts with visual presentations. Her visual texts are carefully planned and neatly presented. She particularly enjoys expressing her understanding through dramatizations.