Both survey concluded that joe has the heart for reading and writing. Attitudes survey literacy assessments toolkit by ms. The garfield elementary reading attitude survey is a researched based informal survey for grades 16. Each item presents a brief, simply worded statement about writing, followed by four pictures of garfield. How do you feel writing a long story or report in school. Point to the picture of garfield at the far left of the first item.
Download file this literacy attitude survey is posted on the website. Elementary reading attitude survey results for classroom a. This is a wellknown assessment that utilizes easytounderstand pictures and it is a great tool for evaluating young children. The second assignment i selected was the elementary reading attitude survey. It is a written survey given to the whole class at once. Since the first assessment i chose was directed to students 2 6 grade, i decided to add to my portfolio a formal assessment directed to younger children. How would you feel telling in writing why something happened. For muellers study 1973, a questionnaire was developed and administered at the. It consists of 28 items and can be administered to an entire classroom in about 20 minutes. It is a quick and simple survey to administer since it contains 20 items and takes about 10 minutes to complete. Literacy interest inventory literacy assessment toolkit. Writing attitude survey which was a similar outline to the reading survey. It consists of 28 items that can be administered to an entire classroom in approximately 20 minutes.
Each item presents a brief, simply worded statement about reading, followed by four pic tures of garfield. While i understand that there are more recent versions of the assessment, i decided to use this version because it was readily available at varied online sources at no cost. To score the survey, count four points for each leftmost very happy garfield circled, three points for the next garfield to the right somewhat happy, two points for. Jim davis, who is the creator of garfield, and united features, his publisher, agreed to supply four blackline, cameraready poses of garfield. The elementary reading attitude survey provides a quick indication of student attitudes toward reading. Emoji elementary reading and writing attitude survey bundle. The first assessment on reading attitude i chose was published as part of an article about reading motivation assessment in the journal the reading teacher in 1996. These surveys will allow you to assess your students reading and writing attitudes and provide you with insight for lesson planning, literature circles, and more.
Elementary reading attitude survey directions for use the elementary reading attitude survey provides a quick indication of student attitudes toward reading. Writing attitude survey directions for use the writing attitude survey provides a quick indication of student attitudes toward writing. The pictures allow the students to relate to the feelings when answering the questions. How do you feel writing answers to questions in science or social studies. Student writing attitude survey name age date teacher a. The elementary reading attitude survey uses the character garfield to help students register responses to questions relating to reading kear, coffman, mckenna.
Digital literacy and emojis are the language of our day. Elementary writing attitude survey this is an informal assessment used as a quick way to find out how a student feels about writing. This is a data based survey and has been proven successful in the classroom. These surveys are designed with 21st century learners in mind. Scoring guide 4 points happiest garfield 3 points slightly smiling garfield 2 points mildly upset garfield 1 point very upset garfield item scores. To score the survey, count four points for the happiest garfield, three points for the slightly. In order to determine if there was a change in attitude towards reading after the implementation of the intervention students completed a survey before the study began and at the end of the study. It consists of 20 items and can be administered to an entire classroom in about 10 minutes. Below are the tables of both surveys with the statements asked and responses of joe. The assignment required students to write about their earliest. How do you feel about writing down the important things your teacher says about a new topic. I like to draw circle one not at all a little some a lot a whole lot 1. The garfield reading survey has pictures of garfield the cat with different facial expressions.
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