FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

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WCSD New Teacher Orientation
July 28, 2015
Dr. Carolyn Ford
carolyn.ford@walton.k12.ga.us

Capture This!
4

Choose 2 or 3 photos
that represent the
content of the lesson.
Students create captions
and write a short
summary.

Circle, Triangle, Square

In a circle write something that is going around in your head. In a
triangle write something pointed in the lesson that stood out in your
mind. In a square, write something that squared with or agreed
with your thinking.

Something
going
around in
your head

Major point

What
squared
with you?

Topic: Formative Assessment

I need a good
way to keep
track of my
observations
on each
student.

Data should
be used to
guide
instruction.

Assessme
nt is a
work in
progress.

Graffiti!
Students work in groups of 4. Each group has a large piece of paper
divided into 4 sections with a topic/question in the center. Students
each write their ideas for two minutes. They then move as a group to
the next paper. Continue until all students have contributed to all
topics/questions. As a whole class, review everyones contributions to
identify patterns and categories in what has been written.

Graffiti!

Sample groupings for graffiti writing.

Graffiti!

Graffiti can also be

done on the wall.

Notice that each

section has a specific
function for 4
Quotient, Sum,
Product, Difference

Hand Signals
8

Students use signals to communicate to teacher their

understanding. Thumbs up, thumbs to the side, and thumbs down.
Show 1 to 5 fingers to indicate understanding with five being
maximum understanding and one finger minimal understanding.

Hand Signals

Hand Signals

I have ___. Who has the answer?

9

Make sets of cards

containing questions or
math problems that do not
contain the answer to that
question, but contains an
answer to another
question. One student
starts and reads the
question. The student
with the answer to that
question says the answer
and then says I have (fills
in their question). Who
has the answer? Play
continues until all cards
are read.

Tricolor Triangle
14

Students give feedback to their

teachers by displaying the
color that corresponds to their
level of understanding of the
lesson.

Remember to put
the colors on both
sides of the card so
students will know
which color they
have pointing up.

What stuck with you?

15

At the end of class, students write on a sticky note the most

important thing they learned. As they leave they post it on a board
labeled What stuck with you? A second area can be added to
address Where are you stuck?

What stuck
with you?

Where are you stuck

You be the teacher!

16

Give students an incorrect

math problem, a poorly
constructed sentence, misused
concept, etc. and have then
correct the mistakes.

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Other ideas you might like!