Week 3 Reflection

    This week we focused a lot on documentation and how there different ways to document students' progress and comprehension of a lesson/topic. Portfolios are one way of documenting a child's progress, which usually consists of formative assessments like photos, checklists, artwork, etc. It usually is something that is not to be shared with the entire school, more private documentation is shared with parents at a parent-teacher conference. 

Portfolio

    Documentation panels can also show a student's progress and/or understanding of a topic. It can also show their development of knowledge of a topic over time. Documentation panels are more public and are showcased to students, families, staff, etc. 

Documentation Panel

  The Reggio Emilia approach has the teacher as more of a partner to the student, as the student is the main active contributor to their own learning. The children display their work on their walls and can revisit and analyze their work, that being a form of formative assessment. The project approach, it can be seen as more of a summative approach since it sums up the lesson/topic that was taught in the project produced by the students. 

The Project Approach

Reggio Emilia Approach

   

 

Documenting a children's progress and work and having them be able to see that progress is very important. I definitely want to implement the project approach with my future students as well as use portfolios to keep track of their progress and development.