Assessments
Throughout the core subjects, I try to make a variety of assessments for my students to complete. I want to be able to accommodate all learners and allow them to be able to use their strongest skills when completing a task. Below you will see the different assessments I use. By clicking the link it will lead you to the document of the assessment.
WRITING ASSESSMENTS
Graphic Organizer: Students use a graphic organizer called the "happy man" to help them explode moments in their personal narratives. This graphic organizer allows students to use all five senses giving their writing a great amount of detail. Students also use a graphic organizer while working on the reading skill of summarizing. This chart helps students to organize their thoughts ensuring that they have details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Paragraph Writing: Students complete a three paragraph personal narrative which included an introductory and concluding sentence. To begin the writing process, students complete a personal narrative organizer to help them brainstorm ideas for their personal narrative. Students then use a 4-square template to organize their writing before completing their rough draft. I held a writers workshop meeting individually with each student as a way to assess their writing in their beginning stages before students could publish their final draft.
Dreams Poems: Students wrote an, "I dream to become..." poem which focused on what they hope to be when they grow up. They were required to have four stanzas and follow specific guidelines for their poems.
Exploding Moments: I wrote an exploding moment as an example for the class. They then had to underline, in different colors, all five senses that I used.
DISCUSSION ASSESSMENTS
Student Talking Chart: During class discussions, I keep track of student participation and comments using a chart with each students name on it.
Videos: Class discussions are sometimes video-taped and I play them back to view student participation and responses. This is an easier way to assess student responses that I was unable to assess during the actual discussion.
MATH ASSESSMENTS
Homework: Students complete home assignments that further help practice the skills taught during the day.
Pre-Assessment: At the beginning of our units, a pre-assessment is given to check student's background knowledge. This is an example of a decimal pre-assessment.
Classwork: Students work independently to complete class assignments. We complete practice problems together as a class first before they practice the skill on their own. These focused on story problems that the students would have to solve. Students' names were used as a way to make the assignment more meaningful.
Formal Assessments: At the end of each unit, a summative assessment is given to check student understanding. I make my own tests that focus on the specific skills I taught in class and that encourage critical thinking.
Self-Assessments: Students fill out self-assessment forms which state skills learned. They put a check in the column that they feel most comfortable with.
Group Problem Solving: It is important for students to know how to work collaboratively with classmates. In class, students complete assignments or activities in small groups and they then explain to the rest of the class the strategies they used to solve the problem.
Math Games: I send home math games that the students need to play with an adult. They need to fill out a game board and have a parent sign it. It would be due at the end of the week. We also complete these games in class.
Math Quiz: About halfway through a unit I give an informal quiz to check students understanding of skills and concepts taught thus far. This quiz focuses on decimals.
SOCIAL STUDIES ASSESSMENTS
Cereal Box Reports: Students researched a specific person or place that was important to the Northeast. They then used a cereal box and covered it before putting specific information on each side of the box. The Cereal Box Reports were put on display in the school's library.
Travel Guides and Passports: Students researched a specific person or place that was important to the Southeast. Travel Guides were then made for the important places as a way to inform people on what is there. Passports were made for the important people and it highlighted the original country their family immigrated from.
Data Retrieval Chart: Students researched different communities and recorded their research in this chart. It was easy for me to assess whether or not their information was correct and if they had answered all of the questions.
Social Studies Games: As a final assessment to our communities unit, students made board games in small groups. They created the board, title, rules, and twenty questions related to their community.
Homework: Students complete homework assignments that relate to the topic taught in class. These assignments try to connect the real world to our learning in the classroom.
Group Work: Students completed challenges during social studies where they were assigned a task that needed to be completed in a certain amount of time. I was able to assess their communication skills and their critical thinking skills at this time. One challenge consisted of students building a house with 3 pieces of paper and six pieces of tape as their materials.
Videos: For a requirement for one of my masters classes, I video taped students discussing what they had learned during our unit on communities. It was a great way to see what information my students had retained.
SCIENCE ASSESSMENTS
Graphic Organizer: During labs, students are able to make observations about different objects (for example mammals and birds). Students are able to record what they saw in a graphic organizer. I was able to assess student understanding with the amount of detail written.
Student Science Journals: While students participated in a centers activity focusing on the different biomes of Illinois, students answered questions at each station in their science journals.
Pre-Assessment: A pre-assessment is given before our unit begins to check students previous knowledge of the subject matter. This specific pre-assessment deals with mammals and birds.
Science Quiz: Half way through the unit, I check students understanding with a short quiz.
Summative Assessment: At the end of the unit, I assess students understanding through matching, fill in the blank, drawing, and writing.
Graffiti Wall Activity: In small groups, students rotate around the room to answer a series of questions.
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