Formative+Assessment



"A Classroom Tale" http://youtu.be/BfxWZayRoGI //{ What happened in that video and how could it have been prevented? }//


 * Formative Assessment** is a tool that teachers can use to __regularly assess__ students //DURING// instruction. By doing this along the way you prevent student frustration, can pinpoint areas of need and __provide timely/descriptive feedback__, and plan your instruction to maximize your time and their learning. If you can make it __engaging__, even better!

**Some you've heard of before, others may be new. **
//*Credit given to Community School of Davidson and their Fresh Take Conference.// Another way to do this: Assign each number on the die a task and the kids role for their type of formative assessment (exit slip, write a summary, 3-2-1, etc.) || You could also put chart paper up around the room and the students have to read and add to charts as they go - can be a similar concept (Newspapers will give away free "end rolls" and the kids just write on top of it. Cheap way to get chart paper.) ||
 * **TOOL** || **WEBPAGE or MATERIALS** || **DESCRIPTION** ||
 * Web Whiteboard || www.webwhiteboard.com || Interactive Notebook that can be displayed on SMARTboard for immediate collaboration and feedback ||
 * Plickers || www.plickers.com || Free* Quick, easy way to collect data from your students ysing clickers - The teacher has to use an iPhone or iPad to collect the data and it shows on the screen as answers come in.Ideas for how to use: attendance, assessments
 * Remember to save your data when you finish scanning* ||
 * "Trashlet" || Basket and Ball (Paper) || Trash can basketball - put students into groups of 4 and give each kid a letter, M A T or H. Choose the letter - and the students with that letter come up. If they get their question right they can shoot the ball into the trashcan. ||
 * Interactive Exit Slips || Scratch Paper and Pencil || The kids write down their answers and then go around the room and find someone with something different, something similar, or keep a tally of how many peers have the exact same thing as you do - anything that keeps them talking and reflecting about what you did in class. ||
 * Dice Review || Dice, Whiteboard || Kids pair up and each one has a die. They write down as many review concepts as they can think of while the other person roles the die. As soon as the roller gets a six, they switch roles and they fill up the whiteboard with as much info as they can. Then they go around the room and visit with neighbors and circle one thing that was not on their own board
 * "Speed Centers" || Scratch Paper, Center Materials || Have Questions posted around the room and get the kids up and moving around the room to discuss the questions or write down their answers - just up and moving. Can also set up "Speed Stations" where they kids move from station to station and have 3 minutes at each one. Try to hit a different learning style in each station ||
 * Tug of War || White Board or Desks || Split the white board down the middle or a desk down the middle. Students use sticky notes and put them on each side and the side with the longest rope (string of notes) wins. It gives the students a visual. Good scaffolding activity. Gives students a chance to see multiple ideas. ||
 * Dry Erase Desktops || Dry Erase Markers, Desks || Write on the desks with dry erase markers - brainstorm, list ideas. Students just LOVE being able to write on their desks. Magic erasers even take them off of surfaces that it seems it wouldn't work on. ||
 * "Railroad Tracks" ||  || Line your students up face-to-face and have them discuss a point with the person across from them and then have the lines move - i.e. "Line 1 move three spaces to the left" ||
 * Hand Signals ||  || Raise your hand to show understanding ||
 * Carousel ||  || Take a paper and fold it into quarters. Each box has a different task. i.e. in Math - solve this problem, solve it a different way, explain the problem, write a problem like this. The kid solves box 1, then passes it to student 2 who does the next box and so on.
 * Nerf || Nerf Gun, SMART notebook || Put up questions that are covered (Like Jeopardy) and the nerf gun with the suction cup shoots the board to choose the question and uncover it. Or uncover the number of points they win.
 * Disclaimer! :) ||
 * United We Solve || Text || A book that we have purchased that has mostly math items. You put kids into groups of 4-6 and each kid gets a clue. They have to work together to solve the problem. It isn't solvable unless everyone participates. One for each building! :) ||
 * Nearpod || www.nearpod.com || Create your own quizzes and get instant data! ||