Student Response and Assessment Tools

Lesson Idea Name: Branches of Government

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 3rd Grade
Content Standard Addressed: SS3CG1 Describe the elements of representative democracy/republic in the
United States. a. Describe the three branches of national government: executive (president), legislative
(Congress), and judicial (Supreme Court of the United States).
Technology Standard Addressed: 2- digital citizen
Selected Technology Tool:
☐ Socrative ☐ iRespond ☐ Quizlet ☐ Plickers ☒ Kahoot! ☐ Office365 Forms
☐ Other:
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:

☐ Computer ☐ Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) ☐ Phone ☐ Tablet (such as iPad)
☐ Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
☒ Teacher-Paced ☐ Student-Paced
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):
☒ Remembering ☐ Understanding ☐ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

Engagement: Students are able to watch this video in a different language, read closed captions, or just listen
to the content without having to watch the video.
Representation: Optimizes access to tools and assistive tech… can use an iPad, desktop, headphones, and
other things to help the student’s ability to understand content and watch the video
Action and Expression: Students are able to play games, take quizzes, watch other videos related to this topic
and more to learn the content.
Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will introduce
the SRT activity.
We would go over different PowerPoints and learn about the branches of government.
Describe the purpose of the SRT activity (check all that apply):
☒ Assess prior knowledge ☐ Anticipatory set (Create interest in a topic) ☐ To illuminate common
misconceptions ☒ Formative assessment of content knowledge (for purpose of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) ☐ Summative assessment of content knowledge ☒ Test preparation
☐ Survey/Poll ☐ Discussion starter ☒ “Homework” collection ☐ Other (please explain):

Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity:

The teacher will be the facilitator, the students will be using their technology to
Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (check all that apply):
☒ Multiple choice ☐ Multiple select ☐ True/False ☐ Yes/No
☐ Short open-ended response or fill-in the blank ☐ Longer open-ended response

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):
Working sample was provided

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Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?
☒ Yes ☐ No
☐ Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to some of all of the questions and
display correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
☒ Yes
☐ No
Why or why not? To review any misconceptions with the students.

Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?

I will use it as a formative assessment or a review depending on how well the students do and see what I
might need to reteach or move on to a summative assessment.
How will the data be used?
After the Kahoot I can print out how the students did and what they answered correctly/incorrectly to assess
if I need to reteach any parts of the lesson or if they are ready to move forward within the unit.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.
I have never tried to use a Kahoot or online assessment before when teaching a lesson. I hope to learn if this
is a good tool or if having the competition and technology will be too distracting for the students.
Reflective Practice:
I feel like this lesson will activate prior knowledge for students from seeing the question and one of the
correct answers. I can use this to further expand my teaching by using this as a formative assessment as a tool
to help my students grow. I can go over the questions, answers, why things are correct or incorrect, and
review how the branches work.

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