Assignments
Interim/Benchmark
Diagnostic
Formative
Summative
Definition: A way of assessing students in order to receive feedback to modify instruction. Not a high stake assessments.
Definition: A way of seeing where students currently are in their learning in order to determine if they are on track to do well in oncoming assignments.
Definition: A way to evaluate students' knowledge at the end of a unit. Is usually considered a high stakes assessment.
Definition: These types of assessments can be used as pre-assessments in order to determine a students' understandings and their weaknesses before beginning a topic.
Classroom Poll: Students will answer a one-questioned poll on post-it notes and paste them on the whiteboard.
Quick-Write: Students write for 1 minute about what they learned during the class period.
MAP Tests: Computerized tests taken to evaluate students' understanding and level within math, literacy and reading.
STAAR: A Texas standardized test used to assess students' knowledge based on grade level.
Final Project: Students complete cumulative work over an extended period of time based on what they have been learning.
Chapter Tests: After reading a chapter, or several chapters, students answer questions based on what they have read.
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Surveys: Surveys can be completed with parents and their student in order to assess their reading capabilities.
KWL Chart: Students will first state what they know, then what they might want to know and then finally what they learn.
Performance
Definition: An assessment that requires students to perform a task rather than answering questions.
Sketchnotes : A type of note taking in which student draw shapes, images or unique handwriting to showcase what they've learned.
Experiments:A planned hands-on test in order to try a new topic, idea or activity.
HOT Questions
Opening
What do you think the book will be about since we see a bunch of dials and then on the first page a bunch of watches?
Do you know anything about clocks?
Closing
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If you ever made a water clock, would you do anything differently? How?”
Guiding
Based on the name ‘Candle Clock’, what do you think that is?
What do you think the author meant by saying that ‘They told time by the position of the sun in the sky?”
