In my Assessment and Goal Setting course at Waldorf College, I learned how to create a Selected Response & Essay Test. As I complete my student teaching, I’ve revisited some of those original assessments and revamped them! This is one I created for an English/Language Arts and History Unit focused on Martin Luther King Jr. Continue reading
The Wolves Research Project is something that I did with my sixth graders from start to finish. I did a pre-activity (Adopt a Pet), taught them how to research, instructed them on the CRAP test for credible sources, then helped them take notes and create their unique projects. Continue reading
I’m excited for today’s activity! For the past two weeks I’ve worked with my eighth grade students on understanding figurative language. They did Notes, the My Figurative Language Family assignment for practice, and now this will be their actual assessment–but a fun one! Continue reading
Standards-Based Grading can be crazy, but it’s something been completely thrown into and have to accept 🙂 It’s not so bad on the teacher end once you get started with it. It’s just very individualized. And can be quite a lot of work. Continue reading
One of the assessments my cooperating teacher uses for her sixth grade Reading/Literacy is Skills Iowa. These are assessments that match with the Common Core and show learner progress in specific areas. Continue reading
Time for another pop quiz! This time it’s over chapters 9 & 10 in TKAM. Continue reading
After reading the 5th-8th Tuesdays both independently and as a class, I wanted to give my students a quiz. This time, however, I wanted a more challenging quiz, as my students had done very well on the last, multiple choice and true-false quiz. Continue reading
Want to check that your students are reading? Here’s a simple quiz you can give them over the “Seventh Tuesday”. Continue reading
I needed to asses my students’ comprehension. It wasn’t enough to read their worksheets or to peek over their shoulders during individual work time. I needed to know exactly what my students had learned, so I decided to make a Tuesdays with Morrie Mid-Book Quest. Continue reading
