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CheckFor Understanding Strategy

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321/FisttoFive/Thumbs Studentscommunicatetheirlevelofunderstandingtoteacherusingtheirfingers Up,ThumbsDown 4321ScoringScale Apostedscalethatcanbeusedeitherasaquickcheckwithhandoranumerical valueforstudentstoselfassessonawrittenassignment StudentsshouldgetingroupsoffourwhereonestudentisA,thenextisB,etc. Eachstudentwillbeaskedtoreflectonaconceptanddrawavisualofhis/her interpretation.Thentheywillsharetheiranswerwitheachotherinazigzag patternwithintheirgroup. Thecapacitymatrixisachartingtechniqueusedtobreakdowntopicareasinto stepsforachievingaspecificresult.Itidentifiestasks,knowledgelevels,and understandingofthetopicarea. (Circle)Somethingthatisstillgoingaroundinyourhead(Triangle)Something pointedthatstoodoutinyourmind(Square)SomethingthatSquaredoragreed withyourthinking. Electronicsurveyingdevicesthatgiveinstantfeedbackanddata Givenaprompt,classgoestothesidethatcorrespondstotheiropiniononthe topic,sideshareoutreasoning,andstudentsareallowedtochangesidesafter discussion Eachstudentwillbegivenatickettocompletebeforeleavingtheroom answering:WhatisthemostimportantthingIlearnedtoday?Whatquestionsdo Istillhave?Theseticketscanbegiventotheteacherwhenexitingtheroomor uponenteringthenextday.Theteacherusesthisinformationtoguidethe instruction. Eachstudentreceivesapinkandyellowcard.Eachcolorrepresentsaspecific response.Studentsraisethecardtoprovidethecorrectresponsetoateacher directedquestion. Givenaconcept,studentssortorwritevariousexamples/nonexamples Example/NonExample Givenexamples/nonexamples,studentsdetermineconcept Example/NonExample FillInYourThoughts Writtencheckforunderstandingstrategywherestudentsfilltheblank.(Another termforrateofchangeis____or____.)

ABCDWhisper

CapacityMatrix

Circle,Triangle,Square Clickers Decisions,Decisions (PhilosophicalChairs)

Entrance/Exitticket

EveryPupilResponse

CheckFor UnderstandingStrategy
FlagIt FunctionAerobics

Description
Studentsusethisstrategytohelpthemrememberinformationthatisimportant tothem.Theywillflagtheirideasonastickynoteorflagdiecut Studentsdemonstratetheirknowledgeoftransformationsoffunctionsby physicallymovingtheirarmsandbody Cooperativeactivitywherethestudentswriteresponsetoaprompt,meetup withanotherstudentandshareideassothateachleaveswithsomethingtoadd totheirlist Drawyourhandprint.Ineachfinger,writeonethingyoulearnedtoday. Akinestheticactivitywherestudentsintheclassphysicallymovetocreatea histogram,whereeachstudentrepresentsadatapointratingtheirview Twocolorplatesusedforstudentstoprovidefeedbacktoteacherbyslidingthe twocolorsectionstoshowlevelofunderstanding Studentsformaninnerandoutercirclefacingapartner.Theteacherasksa questionandthestudentsaregiventimetorespondtotheirpartner.Next,the innercirclerotatesonepersontotheleft.Theteacherasksanotherquestionand thecyclerepeatsitself. Studentswritewhattheywanttoknowaboutatopiconadotsticker.Placeeach stickeronthebubblewrap.Whenatopiciscovered,thestudentpopsthe bubble. Analyzingincorrectresponsesinmultiplechoicequestions

GiveOne,GetOne Handprint HumanGraph InterlockingPaperPlates

OnionRing

PopIt(BubbleWrap)

ProjectStudyGroup QuickWrites Rubric SaySomething

Atimedwritinginresponsetoaquestionorprompt(canbeusedbefore,during, orafterinstruction) Ascoringguideusingsubjectiveassessmentsthatisgenerallycomposedof dimensionsforjudgingstudentperformance. Studentstaketurnsleadingdiscussionsinacooperativegrouponsectionsofa readingorvideo Studentsaredividedintotwoteamstoidentifycorrectanswerstoquestions givenbytheteacher.Studentsuseaflyswattertoslapthecorrectresponse postedonthewall. Atoolforstudentstotracktheirlearning:WhereamIgoing?WhereamInow? HowwillIgetthere?

SlapIt StudentDataNotebooks

CheckFor UnderstandingStrategy

Description
Cooperativegroupactivityusedtoshareorcollectinformationfromeach memberofthegroup;studentswritearesponse,thenpasstotheright,addtheir responsetonextpaper,continueuntiltheygettheirpaperback,thengroup debriefs. Givenaprompt,studentspairupandsharetheirperspectiveforagivenamount oftime,takingturns(Atalks,Blistens,thenBtalks,Alistens) Studentsgivefeedbacktoteacherbydisplayingthecolorthatcorrespondsto theirlevelofunderstanding Givenasetofvocabularyterms,studentssortintogivencategoriesorcreate theirowncategoriesforsorting Teacherposesaquestionandstudentslistthreeitems.Allstudentsstand. Teacherrandomlycallsstudentstoshare,iftheirtopiciscalledtheysit.Teacher continuestilallstudentsaresitting.

TakeandPass TimedPairShare TriangularPrism(Red, Yellow,Green) WordSort

WhipAround

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