Something that never would have even thought of, before doing Grade 1, is that of differing time requirements in testing. I know that in lessons we need to plan for unequal lesson completion times and that is why we have extra activities. However, I’ve found with this group of grade 1s, is that they have such trouble reading words on the tests that I have to talk them through it. This leads to some students doing the question quickly and then getting bored, changing their mind (often to an incorrect response), or helping their neighbour (which is nice but totally defeats the point of the test). However, if I cater to the majority of the class, the students who need a bit more time, or don’t quite understand feel rushed and often fall behind. If I know that I have an aid, or if I am the aid, I know to help these students; however, if there is no aid then what? I suppose giving them some kind of activity at the end of the test to do would keep them occupied… but that is assuming that they can progress through the test on their own. A simple coloring activity is defeated if the students cannot read the test that I am administering.
Any thoughts folks?
Q
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