Typically, the rabies vaccine is administered to pets in a separate injection at the same time as the canine distemper combination vaccine. However, the rabies vaccine can also be given alone (at a separate visit) or at the same time as other vaccines (such as the Lyme disease vaccine).
Assessment is important because of all the decisions you will make about children when teaching and caring for them. The decisions facing our three teachers at the beginning of this chapter all involve how best to educate children. Like them, you will be called upon every day to make decisions before, during, and after your teaching.
When considering assessment, there are two critical issues to keep in mind: The Purpose. Understanding the purpose for conducting an assessment is probably the most important thing to understand about assessment. Without a clear purpose for conducting an assessment, the assessment should not be done. There are many different purposes for conducting assessments but for classroom teachers the primary purpose is to aid you in making a decision about whether or not your students are learning, or have learned, the curriculum.