Assessments
Definition- an assessment that helps teachers to identfy concepts that students are struggling to understand, skills they are having difficulty acquiring, or learning standards they have not yet achieved.
Formative
Definition- an assessment that evaluates student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.
Summative
Definition- an assessment that educators use to evaluate where students are in their learning process and determine whether they are on track to perform well on future assessments.
Interim/Benchmark
Definition- a pre-assessment where teachers can evaluate students' strengths, weaknesses, knowledge, and skills before their instruction begins.
Diagnostic
Definition- a form of testing that requires students to perform a task rather than select an answer from a ready-made list.
Performance
Word List Reading- students will read from a curriculum sight words list to determine what they know and what words they will need to have instruction over.
Running Record- students will read a raw text and answer comprehension questions to determine their reading level.
Midterm Exam- students will take an exam over everything they've learned throughout the semester.
Final Book Exam- students will take an exam after completing the reading of a book. They will be tested over the entirity of the book.
Test Review- students will take a test review to determine what they will need to study for the actual exam.
PSAT- students will take the practice SAT to determine how they will score on the real SAT. This allows students to understand what skills they need to practice.
Research Paper- students will craft an original research paper to show what they've learned.
Laboratory Investigation- students will participate in a lab to be assessed on what they know and understand.
Exit Ticket- students will quickly write a short response to a question on a slip of paper and turn it in at the end of class. The teacher will use this to determine future instruction.
Class Poll- students will complete a class poll to inform their instrucor on whether or not they understand the matieral presented in class.
HOT Questions
Guiding
Closing
Opening
Does the title of the story provide you with any clues as to what this book might be about?
Can you make any text connections based on what you see on the front cover? What does this cover remind you of?
Can you predict what will happen next in the story? What text evidence did you use to help form your prediciton?
Do you think that the mouse will save the lion or not? Why or why not?
What was the moral of the story? What does that mean?
Can you think of a time that you could apply the moral of this story to your life? Explain.
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