Finishing up with Case 1

On Monday, students received pages 7-9 in My Language Porfolio and I explained to them that this was a self assessment and that they now had the chance to see and put to evidence what they accomplished as far as learning in FSL during case 1.


I was tickled to see their pride as they checked off the I CAN statements with confidence. The only things we missed were I can write French names and read a class list of names.


I love this tool. We were able to do a skim of all of the oral concepts we'd been learning and could easily see as a teacher who was succeeding and who wasn't because of the way we all interacted with the content. Instead of having to really spend one-on-one time with students to hear their oral skills, it was a simple and accurate process to repeat key questions from the unit or ask if they knew how confidently they can say expressions or read the texts. I can spot the MINORITY of students who struggle in a class where it's usually the opposite where most of my kids struggle and only a few succeed. I easily filled out the Teacher Observations sheets for each student and it was difficult to pinpoint anyone who was struggling. They seem to all be able to communicate each of the goals and statements with confidence. It would be interesting to hear another class who piloted to compare. But that is our dilemma as FSL teachers more north and in smaller towns...we are isolated from each other and have no occasion to hear other classes and to compare how students are doing.


For information - my school's demographic is one of many transients, lowest provincial test scores in ON in both languages and math therefore we are a good group to test the progress possible with Club Mystère...if these kids can learn...anyone can!! And I am very proud to say, though we are just starting...I can see learning class to class!


Monday they will stat Case 2- with great anticipation...
Mme Denis