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Primary Years Programme

Formative Assessment

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

Sorting and classifying symbols

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

When sorting and classifying symbols, students needed to use their


communication and thinking skills to develop their classification system.

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

By observing student discussion, teachers were able to develop a


feeling for students prior knowledge .

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

Students developed captions for each section of symbols.

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

Presentations to the class were given in order to provide further


opportunity for listening and speaking skills. These also providing
information to the teacher to find out what the students already know.

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

All symbols were displayed in the class and a Venn diagram was used to
compare and contrast signs, symbols and logos. This provided more
evidence of students current understanding and thinking.

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

Primary Years Programme

After visits from local


primary resources,
students used
technology to share
their reflections and
new understandings.

Sample 17: Formative assessment task

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