After almost a month and a half with my students, I am now obliged to do an assessment of each one of them.  For me to fairly and accurately evaluate their performance, I sought feedbacks from their previous teacher.  Remarks writing for the pre-nursery level proved to be somehow difficult.  Another thing that complicated this task further is that I only spent little time with them.  Usually, a grading period requires at least three months of exposure.  That is why it is imperative that the grading process be done in consultation with the previous teacher.  Anyway, for those who would be handling and consequently grading pre-nursery students (with ages from 1 year and 6 months to 2 years and 11 months), here are some sample remarks that may be useful to supplement their grades.
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This is the assessment report that I made for my student with Noonan Syndrome.  The sample below focuses on her Social and Emotional Development. (more…)

A reader recently requested for remarks in paragraph form.  In my school, we usually give out narrative reports like the ones below for children with special cases.  These children are under our Learning Assistance Program- they usually have special needs, hence, it would be unfair to evaluate them using the same instruments for children in mainstream classes.  To gauge their developmental progress over a period of time, we construct progress reports indicating their degree of achievement, learning styles, and some other behavioral manifestations.  We also supplement this report with a developmental checklist.
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In Educ 280, we were asked to answer this question:

What is your stand about grades? Do you believe in numerical grades? Do you think there are other ways to go about documenting or giving feedback to parents regarding the progress of their children?

My answer:
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In essence, the various theories imply that the process of learning is affected by the interplay of many factors in a learner’s life- physiological, social, psychological, environmental, etc. Summing them up, one can actually see the rationale implied by each learning theorist. Their efforts to somehow give meaning to the learning phenomenon have vastly contributed to the evolution of education over the years.
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If there is one word that I can use to describe my first time high school teaching experience, that would be ‘haaay…’  I have been told that among the high school students in my school, the sophomores are the most difficult to handle.  In fact, at the moment, the parents of these sophomores have already entered the picture- bringing out their concerns about the surmounting behavioral concerns of these students.  To add to this, the head teachers of the high school department are now conducting a research to determine the cause, and consequently the solution to this problem.  I do not know why among the four levels, I chose to do my practicum here.  Prior to my first classroom visit, I was so confident that I could handle it. I keep telling myself that I am a good and experienced teacher.  I have had various experiences reporting to older and matured people-my classmates in MA and my co-teachers. Dealing with older children won’t be a problem for me.  But I guess, I cannot really and completely meet all my expectations.  I prepared well, slept late for a week just to finish my powerpoint presentation and materials.  I was to discuss three body systems- Integumentary, Skeletal and Muscular System in 2 and a half hours.  Upon entering the class, I already felt something wrong.  The students were engaged in small chats and jokes.  It was so hard to gain their attention.  And finally, when I did, It had been difficult for me to maintain it.  That is why I could not help calling their attention every now and then.  To think that there were only a few (maybe four students) who were disruptive in class.  Somehow these four children were capable of infecting the whole class…
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