Formative Assessment Incorporating Formative Assessment Strategies into lesson planning.

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Formative Assessment Incorporating Formative Assessment Strategies into lesson planning

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Formative Assessment

Incorporating Formative Assessment Strategies into

lesson planning

What is Formative Assessment?

• Any activity done during the instructional process for the purpose of gauging and improving student learning and guiding teaching

• Can be engaging and fun!

How do I incorporate formative assessment

in my lesson plan?

How do I incorporate formative assessment

in my lesson plan?

Formative Assessment Strategies

Technology Based Formative Assessment 1 • NearPod – www. nearpod.com

o Allows teachers to convert their PowerPoints into an online tool that students can access through their devices. There is a Nearpod app or students can access it through classroom computers. • Applicable for any device with Internet access.

o Teachers can imbed formative assessment questions, surveys, open ended questions, videos, drawings into the presentation

o Advantages: • Although this is similar to SmartBoard software, teachers

can freely circulate the room to monitor students (I circulate with my personal iPad).

• Teachers can also share formative assessment results to student devices.

• Teacher paced!

Students “Join Session” by entering your code

Code is given to the teacher when they open the NearPod and click “Live Session”Teachers log in with an email and password, students do not. They simply Join Session

Socrative (very similar to

NearPod)

Formative Assessment Strategies

Technology Based Formative Assessment 2• Kahoot! –https://getkahoot.com/

o Game based learning and formative assessment. o Good opportunity to review vocabulary and

concepts.• Applicable for any device with Internet

access.• Web based; NOT an app

Kahoot!

Formative Assessment Strategies

Technology Based Formative Assessment 3• QR codes –https://getkahoot.com/

o Applicable for classes with Internet accessible devices.

o Requires a QR reader on student devices (free app)o The websites: qrstuff.com and visualead.com

 are two of the many nice sites for making QR codes.

• Great opportunity for review, foramtive assessment prompts, scavenger hunts, and activating/summarizing lessons

QR Stuff.com

Formative Assessment Strategies – Non-Tech

• Popsicle sticks (incorporate “hot seat”)• Thumbs up/down• White boards• Reflective Learner Post – its• Ball Toss• Find the Fib • Do Now• Exit tickets • Letter to the “absent student” summary• Carousels – for peer editing and reflection• 2 stars and a wish• Homework help board• Question strips