Recommendations for Teaching of Reading Comprehension and Writing to Remediate Learning Loss: Secondary
Date
2021
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Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education
Abstract
The recommended strategies for the teaching of Reading Comprehension and English Language Arts (ELA) Writing document in secondary schools has been produced to provide support for teachers and parents to build concepts and skills in students, to mitigate learning loss due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. Secondary school assessments were conducted with students of Forms One to Three. The following is a brief description of the assessments. Forms One to Three: The assessments included the compulsory Reading Comprehension and ELA Writing and the optional Fry’s Oral Reading Test. Based on students’ performance on the Fry’s Oral Reading Test, teachers were encouraged to conduct additional assessments to determine students’ areas of weakness. The additional tests were the Informal Phonics Inventory and Sight Word Recognition Test. The recommendations provided in this document are presented according to class (Forms 1 to Forms 3). Students have been placed in performance levels based on the analysis of scores in the Reading Comprehension and ELA Writing assessments.
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teaching, reading comprehension, writing, learning loss, secondary school, COVID-19, pandemic