Extensive Listening Assessment

Grade Level: 4th

SOL standard(s):

English 4.2 The student will make and listen to oral presentations and reports.

b) Listen to and record information.

VS.2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between physical
geography and the lives of the native peoples, past and present, of Virginia by

f) describing how archaeologists have recovered new material evidence at sites

including Werowocomoco and Jamestown.

WIDA standard(s): ELP Standard 5 (The Language of Social Studies)

WIDA level: Level 5, Bridging

Can Do Descriptor:

• Interpret work of paleontologists and anthropologists through role play based on oral
readings, videos or movies

Objectives:

Content: SW describe what archaeologists have found at Werowocomoco.

Language: SW complete a graphic organizer in writing to retell information that has been
learned from a video.
 Assessment Items

Directions: (This assessment will be completed in a whole group setting) Imagine you are a
news reporter who has been assigned to report on the ongoing archaeological work at
Werowocomoco. Listen to the video about archaeologist findings at Werowocomoco. You will
watch the video two times so you can gather the correct information. Use the graphic organizer
to retell three findings based on what you hear in the video. Provide at least 1 complete
sentence for each finding.

News reporters must provide accurate, important information to their listeners. Your work will
be scored based on the accuracy and completeness of the information you provide in the graphic
organizer. Each finding is worth up to 2 points. 6 total possible points. See the rubric below.
(retelling)

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H8MHu1T3G0

 Werowocomoco Video Graphic Organizer

Finding #1

Finding #2

Finding #3

x
Scoring (each finding is worth up to 2 points):

2 Comprehensible; accurately described finding from the video using 1 complete sentence

1 Comprehensible; partially accurately described finding from the video using 1 complete
sentence

0 No response, or seriously incorrect finding not mentioned in the video using an incomplete
sentence
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design and assessment: English language proficiency standards prekindergarten through

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https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/2007-ELPS-PreK-5.pdf

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Virginia Department of Education. (2010). English standards of learning curriculum framework

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http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/frameworks/english_framewks/2010/framework

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Virginia Department of Education. (2015). Grade Four History and Social Science Standards of

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http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/history_socialscience/

William & Mary. (2013, June 24). Werowocomoco: A place in history [Video file]. Retrieved

from ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H8MHu1T3G0