End-of-course assessment

During Teaching early reading in Africa you have considered:

  • how to support children’s early reading
  • some specific approaches to teaching reading
  • the way stories support children’s meaning making
  • useful ways to assess early reading in order to inform planning.

You are now familiar with the ASb website, the African Storybook Reader and the African Storybook Maker apps, and are hopefully aware that teachers can add stories to the site, or adapt existing stories to different reading levels or alternative languages. Anyone can upload stories to the Community area of the website. The website team then selects stories that are suitable to be published on the main website. This process of academic review ensures that the overall quality is maintained. In the final activity of this course, we want you to review a book and, if you feel confident enough, make a contribution to the ASb website.

Activity 6.9: Using the ASb website

Timing: (We recommend that you spend 60 minutes on this activity)

Part 1

Select a story from the ASb website that you have used with a group of children. Write a sentence in answer to each of the following points:

  • The title of the story, the language and the level
  • How did you introduce the story?
  • Write down three questions that you used to support children’s understanding of the story?
  • What activities did you do to support word reading and/or reading for meaning?

If you are studying on your own and do not have access to a class, you can still do this activity by telling us how you would use your chosen story when you are next in a classroom. Share your review with a colleague. If you feel confident enough, you could translate a story on the ASb website, or create your own story.

When you’ve done this, visit this page [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] to confirm completing this part of the activity.

Part 2

Post a comment on this blog to reflect on your learning on this course. Write 200–400 words on your journey, in particular:

  • what you have enjoyed
  • what challenges you have faced
  • how you approached the assessments (Activities 3.10 and 6.9)
  • how you will use what you have learnt in the future.

Creating your own storybook

Final words