ACCOMMODATIONS SCREENING TOOL (REVISED 2017) FORMS & TESTS INTERMEDIATE PHASE ENGLISH (GR 4-6) This screening tool has been developed by GDE and is solely for use by GDE District Officials and Educators
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Summary of Screening Form P 1 2. Activity 1A & B: Reading Paragraph... P 2 3. Calculations for Activity 1A: Reading Speed P 3 4. Calculations for Activity 1B: Reading Accuracy. P 3 5. Activity 2: Comprehension Questions... P 4 6. Calculations for Activity 2: Comprehension Questions P5 7. Activity 3: Picture Interpretation...... P6 8. Activity 4: The Burt Word Recognition Test P8 9. Calculations for Activity 4: The Burt Word Recognition Test. P10
Accommodations Summary of Screening (Revised 2017) Name of Learner: Date of Birth: Grade: Assessed by: Surname of learner: Chronological age: years months School: Assessment date: ACTIVITY SCREENING TOOL SBST REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATION 1 A Reading paragraphs: Speed (Refer to Norm Table Tick appropriate box Annexure A) Learners Speed = reading age Accommodation guidelines: 2 years 3 years below chronological age = 5 min 4 years 5 years below chronological age = 10 min 6 years and + below chronological age = 15 min Does not qualify Qualifies 5 min Additional Time 10 min Additional Time 15 min Additional Time 1 B Reading paragraphs: Accuracy Learners Accuracy = % Accommodation guidelines: 50-100% = None 40% - 49% = 5 min 30% - 39% = 10 min 0% - 29% = 15 min 2 Comprehension questions: Learners Comprehension = % Accommodation guidelines: 50-100% = None 40% - 49% = 5 min 30% - 39% = 10 min 0% - 29% = 15 min Tick appropriate box Does not qualify Qualifies 5 min Additional Time 10 min Additional Time 15 min Additional Time Tick appropriate box Does not qualify Qualifies 5 min Additional Time 10 min Additional Time 15 min Additional Time 3 Four Minutes Picture Interpretation Total number of words written by learner = Total number of spelling mistakes = Comment on Quality of written work = Tick appropriate box Does not qualify Qualifies 5 min Additional Time 10 min Additional Time 15 min Additional Time 4 Burt Reading Test: Speed (Refer to Norm Table Annexure B) Learners Speed = reading age Accommodation guidelines: 2 years 3 years below chronological age = 5 min 4 years 5 years below chronological age = 10 min 6 years and + below chronological age = 15 min Tick appropriate box Does not qualify Qualifies 5 min Additional Time 10 min Additional Time 15 min Additional Time SBST Coordinator: Sign: Date: DBAC Member: Sign: Date: Page 1/Gr 4-6
GAUTENG ACCOMMODATIONS ACTIVITY1 A & B: READING PARAGRAPHS A Sipho looks at the mat close to the door of their house. On the mat sits a red cat. No, not one cat, but two cats. The one cat is big and the other one is small and it could be her baby. A baby cat is called a kitten. B As Sipho looks closer he can see it is not the kind of cat that he sees every day near their house in Soweto. This is a very special kind of cat, perhaps a wild cat. They look like the ones he saw during the Easter holidays near his mother s family farm in the Eastern Cape. These cats do not have any patterns on their reddish sand-coloured fur coats. They have long black tufts on the tips of their ears that exceed half the length of the ear. They are slender cats with long legs and a short tail. As the big cat sees Sipho, it starts to hiss and shows its large powerful teeth. 13 27 42 50 66 79 93 103 114 126 139 154 163 Source: Caracal: Wikipedia Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/caracal [Accessed 30 December 2013]. Words read = Mistake/s = Time = seconds Page 2/Gr 4-6
Name of Learner: Grade: Surname of learner: Chronological age: years months CALCULATIONS FOR ACTIVITY 1 A: READING SPEED (See Manual page 5) Step 1: To calculate the reading rate or speed (Activity 1A), take the total number of words read by the learner in the passage and divide it by the number of seconds taken to read the passage. Multiply by 60 (because there are 60 seconds in a minute). This will give you the number of words per minute. Reading Speed: Number of words read 60 Total time to read passage (seconds) X 1 = words per minute Step 2: Consult the NORM TABLE ANNEXURE A for the READING PARAGRAHS (page 9 manual) to determine the reading age of the learner Reading Age = CALCULATIONS FOR ACTIVITY 1 B: READING ACCURACY (See Manual page 6) Step 1: To calculate the reading accuracy (Activity 1B), count all the words in the reading passage. Calculate all the errors that the learner made. Take the total number of words read and subtract the number of errors to get the total number of words correctly read. Reading Accuracy: Number of words read correctly 100 Total number of words read in paragraph/s X 1 = % Reading Accuracy: 100 X 1 = % Page 3/Gr 4-6
1. What colour is the cat? GAUTENG ACCOMMODATIONS ACTIVITY 2: COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS SECTION A (1) 2. How many cats did Sipho see? (1) 3. What is the difference between the mother cat and the baby cat? The mother cat and the baby cat (2) 4. What is a baby cat called? (1) A Total = out of 5 = % 1. What kind of cat did Sipho see? SECTION B (1) 2. Where is Sipho s family farm? (1) 3. Do these cats have a pattern on their fur coats? (1) 4. Is the wild cat fat or lean? (1) 5. What did the big cat do when he saw Sipho? (1) A + B Total = out of 10 = % Page 4/Gr 4-6
CALCULATIONS FOR ACTIVITY 2: COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Step 1: Calculate the comprehension percentages of the learner. Section B = Intermediate Phase (Grade 4 6) A + B Total = out of = % Page 5/Gr 4-6
GAUTENG ACCOMMODATIONS ACTIVITY 3: PICTURE INTERPRETATION INTERMEDIATE PHASE Name of Learner: Grade: Surname of learner: Chronological age: years months A B C D Page 6/Gr 4-6
Written work by learner. Total number of words written by learner = Total number of spelling mistakes = Comment on quality of written work = Page 7/Gr 4-6
GAUTENG ACCOMMODATIONS ACTIVITY 4: THE BURT WORD RECOGNITION TEST STOP THE TEST AFTER 10 CONSECUTIVE MISTAKES MADE BY LEARNER to is up he at for my sun one of big some his or an went boys that girl water just day wet pot things no told love now sad nurse carry quickly village scramble journey terror return twisted shelves beware explorer known projecting tongue serious domineer obtain belief luncheon Page 8/Gr 4-6
emergency events steadiness nourishment fringe formulate scarcely universal commenced overwhelmed circumstances destiny urge labourers exhausted trudging refrigerator melodrama encyclopaedia apprehend motionless ultimate atmosphere reputation binocular economy theory humanity philosopher contemptuous autobiography excessively champagne terminology perambulating efficiency unique perpetual mercenary glycerine influential atrocious fatigue exorbitant physician microscopic contagion renown hypocritical fallacious phlegmatic melancholy palpable eccentricity constitutionally alienate phthisis poignancy ingratiating subtlety Page 9/Gr 4-6
CALCULATIONS FOR ACTIVITY 4: THE BURT WORD RECOGNITION TEST Step 1: Count the number of words read correctly by the learner. Words read correctly: (Raw score) Step 2: Consult the norm table for THE BURT WORD RECOGNITION TEST ANNEXURE B (page in the manual) to convert the raw score into a Reading age. Step 3: Reading Age: Page 10/Gr 4-6