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TWEET SELF ASSESSMENT FOR ANY SUBJECT: 

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GENERAL GOALS ALONG WITH READING AND WRITING GOALS:

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THIS IS HOW WE ANSWERED THE QUESTION, "WHAT IS ASSESSMENT?"

COMPARING WHAT YOU LEARNED AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF A LESSON AND SHOW WHAT YOU LEARNED.

 

TASK TO SHOW YOUR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT YOU LEARNED

 

TESTING YOUR LEARNING…TO SEE IF YOU ABSORBED LESSONS AND THAT NEW KNOWLEDGE DIDN’T GO “IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER”

 

HELPS THE TEACHER TO DETERMINE IF STUDENTS NEED MORE SUPPORT IN AN AREA, WE SHOULD “MOVE ON” OR DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING WITH ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES

 

HELPS TEACHER KNOW WHERE STUDENTS “ARE”/AT WHAT LEVEL—WHAT THEY “GET” AND WHAT THEY NEED HELP IN-GUIDES TEACHER PLANNING

 

HELPS STUDENTS KNOW WHERE THEY’RE AT AND WHERE THEY NEED HELP IN. (IE: NEXT STEPS)

 

YOU HAVE SOMETHING “CONCRETE-REAL” TO SHOW YOUR PARENTS, YOUR TEACHERS AND YOURSELF WHERE YOU ARE—WITH COMMENTS AND NEXT STEPS.

 

IT’S A “META COGNITION” THING—IT’S NOT JUST LEARNING SOMETHING…IT’S REFLECTING AND LOOKING BACK ON WHAT WE LEARNED AND UNDERSTANDING ITS PURPOSE-POINT.




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THIS IS OUR RESPONSE TO "WHAT ARE DIFFERENT WAYS WE ASSESS OUR LEARNING?"



NEW YORK STATE FORMAL READING AND MATH TESTS

FONTAS & PINNELL READING LEVELS

PRE-ASSESSMENTS

SELF-ASSESSMENTS

POST ASSESSMENTS

MATH MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMS

MATH PERFORMANCE BASED MULTI STEP PROBLEMS

WORD PROBLEMS

QUICK CHECK MATH PROBLEMS

READING RESPONSES

HOMEWORK

BOOK LOGS

PERFORMANCE BASED WRITING TASKS IN READY GEN

PEER ASSESSMENTS-CONFERENCES

TEACHER CONFERENCES

SOCRATIC SEMINAR PREP AND RESPONSES TO TEXT

PROBLEMS OF THE WEEK

REFLECTIONS-SUMMARIZE WHAT WE LEARNED

TAKING OUR KNOWLEDGE TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW

READING ANALYSIS QUESTIONS

ANALYZING TEXT, POEMS, ETC FOR CONTENT & WRITER’S CARFT

LEARNING HOW TO BECOME INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS BY SETTING OUR OWN ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS AND DOING RESEARCH USING MULTIPLE RELIABLE SOURCES AND LEARNING HOW TO PARAPHRASE NEW INFO

BOOK CLUB PACKETS AND DISCUSSIONS

WRITING JOURNAL ENTRIES

WEBQUESTS

PROJECTS THAT INCORPORATE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES

PARTNERSHIPS PROJECTS

MID CHAPTER CHECKPOINTS

 

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HOW DO WE SELF ASSESS OUR WORK?:

HOW DO WE CHECK AND MONITOR OUR OWN LEARNING?

USE RUBRICS TO GUIDE OUR WORK & ANALYZE OUR WORK AND SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER

PROOFREAD OUR WORK AND MAKE CHANGES WHERE NEEDED

AFTER A TASK, WRITE COMMENTS AND NEXT STEPS FOR YOURSELF.

“STOP & JOT” WHAT I LEARNED AND WHAT I STILL NEED TO WORK ON

STOP AND JOT OUR IDEAS DOWN SO WE DON’T FORGET THEM

COMPARE OLD WORK TO NEW TASK—TO MONITOR PROGRESS

 

REFER TO MENTOR TEXTS AND TASKS TO MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETED WORK

 

CREATE YOUR OWN QUESTIONS WHILE WORKING AND SEE IF YOU ANSWER THEM (CATEGORY THINKING QUESTIONS-HOT QUESTIONS, ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, ETC).

 

DECIDE YOUR OWN ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS-WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT SOMETHING-SUBJECT-TOPIC.

 

ALL OF THIS IS TO MAKE OUR LEARNING AS

MEANINGFUL AND PERSONAL AS POSSIBLE!!!!