Today we began the process of writing the numeracy SLA in Room 1. For more information about the SLA's please read the information posted at the bottom of this blog post.
Next Wednesday, September 19th from 10 am to 10:15am is the Terry Fox Run at Thorncliffe school.
SLA Information:
September 12, 2018
Dear Parents/Guardians of Grade 3 Students:
Important Information: Grade 3 Student Learning Assessment
After three years of piloting the Grade 3 Student Learning Assessment (SLA), in June of 2017 Alberta Education announced that Grade 3 SLA to support student learning will be available to teachers as a tool to use at their discretion. I have decided to use this tool with my Grade 3 class this year.
The SLAs have four possible components:
§ Literacy
§ Assessments completed on a computer
§ Written performance tasks
§ Numeracy
§ Assessments completed on a computer
§ Written performance tasks
The primary purpose of assessment is to improve student learning. SLAs are one of many formative assessment tools. They give teachers valuable information about each student’s learning which in turns helps them to address individual student learning needs throughout the year. You may access a report of your child’s results through me. Interpretation of results is best accomplished through conversation between the parent/guardian, student and teacher. I will share the assessments with you during Parent-Teacher Conferences.
This year, teachers may administer and re-administer SLA components at any time until the end of June 2019. I have set aside September 11 - 19 for students to complete the assessments.
For answers to commonly asked questions about SLAs, visit the Alberta Education SLA website athttps://education.alberta.ca/department/ipr/slas/ for more information. Attached to this letter is Alberta Education’s Grade 3 SLA Quick Facts for Parents/Guardians for your information. To become familiar with the types and interactivity of the questions completed on a computer in the Grade 3 SLA, students can try out the practice questions publicly available in the SLA Application. Released questions from previous years are also available in the SLA Application, will allow students to become familiarized with examples of content and question types.
You are welcome to contact me at any time to discuss your child’s learning.
Sincerely,
Desiree Patkau
Grade 3/4 Teacher
e | depatkau@cbe.ab.ca
