Assessments Formative a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides explicit feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes. Formative assessment is a method of continually evaluating students’ academic needs and development within the classroom and precedes local benchmark assessments and state-mandated summative assessments. 3 Types of Formative Assessments: “In the Moment” (those that happen during a lesson) “planned-for-interaction” (those decided before instruction) “curriculum-embedded” (embedded in the curriculum and used to gather data at significant points during the learning process). Exit Tickets Anecdotal Notes Talk Moves Quiz Quick-Writes Concept Map Think-Pair-Share Use of Individual Whiteboards Summaries & Reflections Text Dependent Questions Summative cumulative evaluations used to measure student growth after instruction and are generally given at the end of a course in order to determine whether long term learning goals have been met.( State-mandated assessments ,District benchmark or interim assessments, End-of-unit or tests) State-mandated assessments DWA Benchmark assessments End of Unit Tests Open-Ended Responses to texts Published Writing Pieces On-Demand Writing Authentic Assessment refers to assessment tasks that requires students to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and strategies by creating a response or a product (conducting research and writing a report, developing a character analysis, debating a character's motives, creating a mobile of important information they learned, dramatizing a favorite story, drawing and writing about a story). See Culminating Activities, p. 19 (Students are to select one activity of their choice). -
Teaching Tasks-Writing Text Lucy Calkins Units of Study- Opinion Writing Boxes and Bullets [Personal and Persuasive Essays – Bends I,II, and III (21 sessions) Write Source (teacher resource) 6+1 Writing Traits (teacher resource) Sample Opinion Essay Topics (from Lucy Calkins) Turning Personal Topics into Persuasive Writing: It’s Hard Being a Girl Kids Have Portfolio Requirements Genre Opinion (2) one reflective of the writing process one on demand Narrative (1) Informative (1 Research Project) Response to an Informational Text (1) Tasks Writer’s Workshop Journal Writing On Demand Writing Independent Shared Reflection
explanation of each) Venn diagram Prewriting 2 and 3-Column Chart Summarizing Frames Differentiation (see Appendix B for complete list and explanation of each) Content Checking your KUD Graphic Organizer Reading Partners/Reading Buddies Read/Summarize Read/Question/Answer Visual Organizer/Summarizer Parallel Reading with Teacher Prompt Choral Reading/An(phonal Reading) Flip Books Split Journals (Double Entry–Triple Entry) Books on Tape Highlights on Tape Digests/“Cliff Notes” Notetaking Organizers Varied texts Varied Supplementary Materials Highlighted Texts Process Fun & Games RAFTs Cubing, Think Dots Choices (Intelligences) Centers Tiered lessons Contracts Technology Text Structure Text Features
Resources Teacher Resources Science based reading comprehension site Database of current event articles that can be adjusted to specific grade level lexiles Magazine of Common Core aligned lessons Common core aligned resources for teachers Current event magazine for teachers and students Spelling and vocabulary lessons and games The Solution to Reading Comprehension Lessons, Units, Reading Passages, Question Sets, etc. JOURNEYS Companion Website. Provides all of JOURNEYS materials including TE, Student Editions, Reproducibles, Leveled Readers, Assessments, Interactive Whiteboard Lessons, etc. Sample lessons, Student Writing Samples, Assessment Questions, Curricular Tools, Student Resources Database of engaging videos and texts for kids Science based fun reading comprehension lessons Database of current event articles with high student interest Spelling and vocabulary lessons and games World Book Online encyclopedia Database of engaging articles for students Site for logging books read throughout the year Animated educational site for kids and teachers Science based magazine for students Current event magazine for students Article on the plight of African lions
Interactive component of Journeys Classroom and professional development resources and videos for teachers Science based magazine for students Current event magazine for students Authors Gianna Pasceri, Germaine Tarver Contact Germaine Tarver Evaluation/ Reflection Module Reflections When thinking about your practice: What worked? What do you think could have been done more effectively in your lessons and instruction? What do I need to learn more about? What resources were helpful?