Assessments
Formative
Definition: The process of gathering student learning. It is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment
Discussion Post: Students will answer a question based on their knowledge for the reasons for Spanish Exploration
Quiz: Students will complete a short quiz giving descriptions of the Conquistadors
Interm/Benchmark
Definition: Common assessments that are administered to students throughout the school year to monitor growth and achievement according to specific learning goals and academic standards.
STAAR: Students will take a STAAR Test in April over US History that will touch on Texas History
Project with rubric: Students will work in groups to map the regions of Texas and the placement of Spanish Missions over the course of the Units.
Summative
Definition: Any method of evaluation performed at the end of a unit that allows a teacher to measure a student's understanding, typically against standardized criteria.
Final Exam: Students will take a Final Exam over the Units they have learned this semester
End of Unit Essay: Students will write an Essay explaining the Expedition of 3 of their explorers of their choice.
Diagnostic
Definition: a tool teachers can use to collect information about a student's strengths and weaknesses in a skill area. These assessments can be formal or informal.
BOY testing: Students will take a Beginning of the year test so I can see what they have already learned.
Bell Ringer: I will ask Questions to understand the students Prior Knowledge
Performance
Definition:educational assessment that requires students to directly demonstrate what they know and are able to do through open-ended tasks such as constructing an answer, producing a project, or performing an activity.
Role Play: Students will Role Play with their groups in front of the class the Explorers making contact with Native Americans
Socratic Seminar: Students will participate in a class discussion on who they think is the most important Explorer and their reasoning behind their answer.
HOT Questions
Closing
Who Mapped the Coast Of Texas?
Why was he Significant?
Guiding
How did the Native Americans feel about the Conquistadors?
Was there any Conflict?
Opening
What was the reason for Exploration in Texas?
Which Countries came to Texas?