Assessments
Formative
Interim/Benchmark
Diagnostic
Summative
Performance
H.O.T Questions
Definition: Formative assessments are assessments used to gain an idea of students knowledge while still doing lessons and classwork. These types of assements are a way for teachers to see if the way they are teaching is working or if they need to change things.
Definition: Diagnostic Assessments are assessments that are used for a teacher to gain an idea of what some of their students' strengths and weaknesses are to better help teach them.
Example: A small questionnaire that students can fill out at the beginning of each unit is a helpful technique that a teacher can use get an idea of what each students knows.
Example: A pretest before the first class begins will also get an idea of what fresh new students know and they don't know at the beginning of the school year.
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Example: A exit slip is also a formative assessment because it will students to put information that they learned from a lesson.
Example: A short formative quiz that is to show a teacher how their students learning is a going.
Definition Interim/Benchmark Assessments are assessments that are used periodically throughout a school year that is used to check the progress of how students are doing in each class.
Example: T.A.K.S or STAAR test is a test that are used to gangue students' understanding of the material and decide if they are ready for the next year of learning.
Example: Another example of a benchmark is a quiz that is specifically based a certain chapter or section that is used to see if there are any gaps in the students learning.
Definition: Summative assessments are assessments that are used as way to test students to see what they have learned at the end of each unit of each subject.
Example: A project that is based on the unit as a whole is a good summative assessment because it truly allows the student to show what they have learned in a creative way.
Example: A end of unit test for each unit is a good summative assessment because it allows the teacher to truly see what each student has learned.
Definition: Performance Assessments are assessments where students must show case their skills verbally or visually instead of actually answering questions.
Example: An example of performance assessment is where students act out a play that goes along with what they are learning.
Example: Another example would where students could have to perform a speech describing something they have learned in class.
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Guiding Questions
Closing Questions
Opening Questions
What are weathering, erosion and deposition?
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What would happen if a rock went down a river by erosion and settled in a new place?
Is water a cause of Weathering?
Why are all of these changes to earths surface so important?
Now based on what you know now, what happens first weathering or deposition?
How might they be different from each other?
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