Tests Level 1
Tests Level 1
1 Recognition and production level                                At the end of the process, tell learners that in this way they
         Place the school object and number flashcards on the board.       can keep a record of how much they are learning and how
         Organise them into two groups.                                    much progress they’re making. Make sure to tell them what
         Draw two columns on the board and tell learners to                you expect: recognition level of most items and production
         copy them in their notebooks. Many learners will be at            level of some, not all. This will motivate them and will
         production level in the case of numbers and school objects.       emphasize that learning is a process.
         Take one of the school object cards and have learners say
         what it is. If they can say it, they should draw the object and   Instructions
         draw two  next to the object. If they can’t, they should         Number 1 schoolbag
         only draw the object. Do the same with the other school           Number 2 fish
         object cards and the number cards. After you have gone over       Number 3 sheep
         all the words in these two categories, carry out a Repeat if      Number 4 ball
         correct Activity or a Point to Exercise, making sure the cards    Number 5 notebook
         are wide apart on the board and walls. Those learners who         Number 6 pen
         point to the correct card, but who did not produce the word,      Number 7 board game
         should draw one  next to the drawing.                            Number 8 cow
         For the other categories, most learners will be at recognition    Number 9 doll
         level. Ask them to use their Workbook pages. Work with            Number 10 horse
         Exercise 1 or 2 and ask learners to point to the different farm
         animals. Then, show them the correct flashcard for them to        2 Communication
         check. Those who have pointed correctly should draw a            Refer learners to Exercise 14 on page 13. Invite them to
         next to each farm animal. Use Exercise 4 or 5 for pets and        work in pairs and act out a similar dialogue. Encourage them
         Exercise 6 for toys.                                              to add greetings and How many …? questions as well.
         Use your flashcards to check which learners are at
         production level of the different lexical items. Show each
         one and ask, What’s this? If learners answer correctly, they
         should draw a second  next to the first one.
3 Write.
         1 Recognition and production level                                 Do the same with the other lexical areas.
         Recognition will be formally assessed with the test on             Ask learners to open their books at page 90 and focus on
         page 137. However, there are also opportunities to assess          Exercises 1 and 2. There may be some learners who drew
         this in class, especially the listening skill. What follows is     only one . Ask them to focus on these pictures and say
         suggestions to assess oral production:                             the words to themselves. Then, use your flashcards and ask,
         Have the list of flashcards ready:                                 What’s this? Those learners who can answer should draw
         • Colours                                                          the second  if they had only one.
         • Parts of the body                                                Do the same with Exercise 4 or 5 for pets (the one that
         • Wild animals
                                                                            learners had worked with) and Exercise 6 for toys.
                                                                            Show everybody how they’re making progress. There may be
         • Numbers 11–20
                                                                            words they did not remember before, but now they do, or
         First, tell learners to go over Unit 2 to check if they            there are many P’s and R’s and very few if any blanks.
         remember all the new words. Focus their attention in
         particular on:                                                     Instructions
         • Exercise 2 (animals)                                             Number 1 lion
         • Exercise 10 (parts of the body)                                  Number 2 monkey
         • Exercise 13 (numbers 11–20)
                                                                            Number 3 crocodile
                                                                            Number 4 ears
         • Exercise 16 (colours)
                                                                            Number 5 nose
         Have learners look at each of the pictures and say the word        Number 6 head
         to themselves. Ask them where they can find help if they           Number 7 eighteen
         don’t remember a word: the written form.                           Number 8 twelve
         After a few minutes, tell learners you’ll start with               Number 9 fifteen
         wild animals.                                                      Number 10 seventeen
         Show one of your flashcards for learners to say what it is.
         If they remember the word, they can write a P next to the
                                                                            2 Communication
         picture in their books. If they don’t, they should do nothing.
                                                                            Refer learners to Exercise 3. Invite them to say what they like
         Once you’ve shown the 6 flashcards, ask learners if there is
                                                                            and don’t like, but this time, they can refer to colours.
         any word they did not remember. If there is, go over each of
         the flashcards and ask, e.g. Is this a lion? for learners to say
         Yes or No. If they answer correctly, they should draw an R
         next to the picture, but only if there was no P.
                                                                                              11               18
                                                                     eighteen
           2                                                                           7
                                                                     eyes
                                                                     fifteen
           3                                                         head              8      12               20
                                                                     lion
           4                                                         monkey            9      15               19
                                                                     nose
5 seventeen
                                                                     twelve
                                                                                       10
                                                                                              13               17
         2      Look and write.
 
          The board game is pink, blue,                     The pencil case is green        The schoolbag is red and blue.
          and black.                                        and red.
         1 Recognition and production level                                  Do the same with the other lexical areas.
         Recognition will be formally assessed with the test on page         Go back to these exercises:
         139. However, there are also opportunities to assess this           • Exercise 2 (animals)
         in class, especially the listening and speaking skills. What        • Exercise 10 (parts of the body)
         follows is suggestions to assess oral production:
                                                                             • Exercise 13 (numbers 11–20)
         Have the list of flashcards ready:
         • Size                                                              • Exercise 16 (colours)
         • Numbers 20–100                                                    If learners had drawn only one , ask them to say these
                                                                             words to themselves. Go around the class and ask a few
         First, tell learners to go over Unit 3 to check if they
                                                                             students, What’s this? when you see there’s only one .
         remember all the new words. Focus their attention in
                                                                             If they can answer, or if they remember how to say those
         particular on:
         • Exercise 2a and b (numbers)
                                                                             words, they can draw a second . Tell them to draw this
                                                                             second face using a different colour for them to see their
         • Exercise 9 (size adjectives)
                                                                             progress more easily. If they had annotated using R and
         Have learners look at each of the pictures and say the word         P, they should stick to the same criteria, but again, the P
         to themselves. Ask them where they can find help if they            should be added using a different colour.
         don’t remember a word: the written form.
         After a few minutes, tell learners you’ll start with numbers.       Instructions
         Show one of your flashcards for learners to say what number         Number 1. I have 89 books.
         it is. If they remember the word, they can write a P next           Number 2. I have 56 building blocks.
         to the picture in their books. If they don’t, they should do        Number 3. I have 30 balls.
         nothing. Once you’ve shown the flashcards, ask learners if          Number 4. I have 49 pencils.
         there is any word they did not remember. If there is, go over       Number 5. I have 17 notebooks.
         each of the flashcards and ask, e.g. Is this thirty? For learners
         to say Yes or No. If they answer correctly, they should draw        2 Communication
         an R next to the picture, but only if there was no P. Next,         Refer learners to Exercises 7, 13, and 17. Invite them to say
         you can write some numbers on the board for learners to             what they have and don’t have, what they like, and to add
         say them.                                                           information as in the examples.
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                                                                                                            Look at Pepe. He’s my
                                                                                                           friend. He’s / She’s very
                                           This is Carla. He’s / She’s my                                        tall / long!
                                             cat. I like / have my cat.
         3       Read and complete. Use I like, I have, it’s, they’re, he’s, she’s. You can use the
                 words more than once.
                 Hello! I’m Rhianna.                             a dog.                   dogs.                very nice.
                 This is Perlita.                          my fish. And this is my favourite board game.
                 fantastic!
                 Mr Kelly is the new teacher.                               very tall.                Mr Kelly .
                 Hi, I’m Mr Kelly.                            a special soft toy: a yacaré.                red!                   red,
                 it’s my favourite colour.
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         Unit 3                                                                    Unit 6
         Ex 1: 1 89, 2 56, 3 30, 4 49, 5 17.                                       Ex 1a: 1 microphone, 2 pen, 3 glass, 4 radio, 5 building
         Ex 2: 1 have, big, plump 2 long, it’s 3 have, They’re, short              blocks, 6 ball
         4 She’s, like 5 He’s, tall                                                Ex 1b: 1 don’t have, 2 have, 3 don’t have, 4 have, 5 don’t
         Ex 3: I have, I like, They’re, She’s, It’s, He’s, I like, I have, It’s,   have, 6 have
         I like                                                                    Ex 2: 1 Ronnie’s drinking a soft drink, 2 Meg's eating
                                                                                   chicken. 3 Lucy’s riding her new bike. 4 Tom’s writing his
         Unit 4                                                                    name. 5 Anna’s playing her favourite board game. 6 Bob’s
         Ex 1a: Mum: Sofia, Dad: Richard, brother: Nick, sister:                   reading his favourite book. 7 Brenda’s watching TV.
         Maggie, Granny: Cata, Grandpa: Ed.                                        8 Rhonda’s wearing her new costume.
         Ex 1b: 1 Ann’s, 2 Her, 3 He’s, 4 His, 5 She’s, 6 Her,
         7 grandpa’s, 8 His, 9 granny, 10 Her
          The progress tests' main aim is to collect information about          book. As they listen to the instructions in the exercises
          how well a class as a whole and individual learners are               suggested, they have to draw the items and write them.
          doing. They are based on the learning objectives stated               They can then check in the PB pages if the drawings are
          for the lessons and units keeping with the way lessons are            correct, i.e. if they remember what the words mean. This
          taught. Progress tests provide valuable information for               technique can be used to revise lexical areas. They can also
          teachers, learners, and, in turn, for the learners’ families as       compare the spelling (theirs and the one in the book) and
          well. When accompanied by other forms of assessment, as               check if they need to be more careful about the spelling
          the ones suggested for each unit, they contribute to learning         of some words. As to grammar topics, learners can use the
          and to motivating learners to keep on going.                          same exercises in the Workbook section of the interactive
          Each of the units in Our Stories focuses on receptive                 book; and then, compare the answers in their hard copy. If
          skills—listening and reading—, productive skills—speaking,            the answers are the same, then, there’s no problem. If there
          interacting, and writing, —and reflecting skills—language             are some differences, but they understand where the mistake
          awareness, cognitive awareness, social awareness, inclusive           is or why something is not correct, that’s fine as well. If they
          classrooms, and ESI / CSE. True as it is that all these               do not understand why something is wrong, they should
          reflecting skills cannot be tested formally, language and             consult you the following class.
          cognitive awareness will be present in formal instances               This revision process should be done with enough time to
          of assessment.                                                        make decisions regarding learners’ performance. In other
          Progress tests will focus on listening, reading, and writing.         words, learners need to be able to go over lexical sets and
          Teachers can resort to the activities suggested for assessing         activities at home and, if possible, more than once. Two
          speaking and interaction in each of the units as well for the         or three weeks in advance seems to be a logical time span
          progress assessment to be complete.                                   before the actual administration of each progress test.
                                                                                Families should be advised as well, though reminding them
          How to go about progress tests                                        that the revision process will be done at school, and that
          Very often, teachers inform learners and their families that          learners have specific activities to carry out at home for
          there’s going to be a test, which means that learners have            revision purposes.
          to study. Even more often, teachers insist that learners
          should study. To many young learners, studying is not an              Marking and grading tests
          activity they find meaningful, which means they usually               Tests can offer a learning opportunity even after learners
          resort to learning something by heart. It may be the case             have completed them. When handing them back to
          that families do not know English, but what sometimes                 learners, go over the different items to analyse them with
          happens is that if they do, what they ask their children to do        the learners. For every blank to be filled or word / phrase to
          to prepare for a test does not contribute much to it. What            be circled, elicit why one option is correct while the other
          can be done, then? Before a test, work with learners in class         is wrong. In the case of writing, different types of mistakes
          for them to understand what it means to prepare for one.              can be found: spelling mistakes, incomplete question /
          Ask them to go over the units you will focus on, i.e. Units 1         sentence, or incomplete even if the meaning is conveyed. It
          and 2 for the first progress test, Units 3 and 4 for the second       is advisable to focus on what learners can do and help them
          one and finally, Units 5 and 6 for the last one. As learners go       improve on their versions by focusing their attention on
          over the units, tell them to dictate to you what they have            what is wrong. Support needs to be given, e.g. exercises or
          learnt. If they say, e.g. black, blue, pink, elicit the lexical set   pages in which they can find references. This time allotted
          as well. The assessment record they have been keeping for             for learners to improve on their answers should be done in
          the different units can help. For instance, for Progress Test         class so that learners see this is a valuable activity and as
          1, ask them to concentrate on the following exercises from            such, needs to be done at school.
          Unit 1:                                                               Should there be an item that every learner has got wrong, it
            • Exercise 2 or 3 (farm animals)                                    means that for some reason, they would have needed more
            • Exercise 11 or 13 (pets)                                          time or more practice. It is advisable not to consider this in
            • Exercise 17 (toys)
                                                                                the final grade.
                                                                                A good follow up is to design an exercise which contains
          and these from Unit 2:                                                the most typical mistakes. Learners can do it in class or as
            • Exercise 2 (animals)
                                                                                homework and then, compare the items in this exercise with
            • Exercise 10 (parts of the body)                                   those in the test. Even if this last step is skipped, it can give
            • Exercise 13 (numbers 11-20)                                       you a good panorama of learners’ progress.
            • Exercise 16 (colours)
          Go over the lexical areas as suggested for the assessment
          instances (pages 134 and 136 in this Teacher’s Book). You
          can also advise learners to use the audio in their digital
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                                                                         Instructions
         Progress Test 2                                                 This is Amy's house. The soft drink is in the fridge. The
         Ex 1: boy: Tony, 9; Mum: Ann, 39; Dad: Richard, 42;             apples are in the cupboard in the dining room. The chips are
         Granny: Maggie, 75; Grandpa: Andy, 84; brother: Nick, 5;        in the big bedroom. The salad is in the kitchen. The table is
         sister: Emma, 17                                                in the bathroom. The cupboard is in the living room.
         Instructions
         Hi, My name’s Tony, and I’m 9 years old. I have a big family.
         My mum’s name is Ann. She’s 39. My dad’s 42. His name’s
         Richard. I have a brother, Nick. He’s five, and my sister’s
         seventeen. Her name’s Emma. I have a grandpa, Andy. He’s
         eighty-four. My favourite member of the family? Granny
         Maggie. She’s seventy-five. She’s super!
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NAME DATE
School objects
                                                                                                           pencils
                                                                                                           rulers
                                                                                                           erasers
                                                                                                           books
NAME DATE
                     What’s this?
                                                                                   A schoolbag.
                                         Is this a notebook?
                Is it your schoolbag?
                                                                                    No, it isn’t.
                                            What’s this?
                    Is this a pen?
                                                                                     Yes, I do.
                                         Do you like pens?
NAME DATE
NAME DATE
How many?
                          Is he long?
                                                                                         No, he isn’t.
Is he tall?
NAME DATE
NAME DATE
hot sunny
                                   rainy             cloudy
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                          warm                                         happy
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tired OK
                                angry                      sad
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