Assessment
HOT Questions
Guiding
Opening
Closing
Have you ever made a mixture or a solution?
How would you explain mixtures or solutions to a friend?
Which one is a mixture? / Which one is a solution?
What examples can you find in the room that are mixtures?
How would you identify a mixture?
Will you restate the definition of a mixture in your own words?
Summative
Definition: Evaluate student learning at the end of a unit and compare it to past benchmarks.
Diagnostic
Definition: A set of questions that evaluates current knowledge or current views on topics studied.
Benchmark
Definition: A test given at different times throughout the year to measure students skills and knowledge.
IXL: Online tests that show student growth in Science, Math, and Reading, etc.
Formative
Performance
Definition: Students must demonstrate what they know and are able to do so through open-ended tasks.
Definition: Monitor student learning to provide feedback during instruction to improve teaching.
Kahoot: Students participate in a competition, answering questions from the lesson.
Exit Ticket: Students answer a few questions on a post-it about what they learned from that lesson so the teacher can get an idea on how well the students understood the lesson.
STAAR: Texas standardized assessment given to students to show their growth with the grade level material.
Essay: A written assessment that is used in to determine a students growth after a unit
Mixture Sort: Students will take turns coming up to the smart board and putting pictures of mixtures and solutions into the correct categories.
DILQ: At the end of a lesson, students write what they did, what was interesting, what they learned, and any questions they still have.
KWL: Before a lesson, students write what they know, what they want to know, and what they learned.
Final Exam: Test given to students to assess their knowledge and growth over a semester.
Separate Mixture: Students will group up and receive a bag with items from around the classroom. They will separate the mixture into different piles.
