You will love this post from C. Ross Flatt on Edutopia on how a classroom game became a tool for assessment for his sixth graders. In Galactic Mappers, a social studies game about physical geography, students in his classroom compete in teams to create the most geographically diverse continent in a shared hemisphere. This project encourages students to collaborate, design, iterate, and present a finished product in a single class period. The thing I like most about Flatt’s use of the game is the many ways he uses it to [Read more…]
Using 1:1 to teach each one
If you have not visited Edutopia lately, now is the time. They have assembled so many teacher-friendly materials on differentiation in the last few years. They not only have lesson ideas, templates, and support materials, but some nice video excerpts as well. Since I am focusing on assessment this month, I chose this fantastic [Read more…]
Exit cards
To continue with the May theme of assessment, I am featuring this fantastic video on tiered exit cards today. This clip is from The Teaching Channel, the home of many useful [Read more…]
Differentiation from the moment they enter
How do you informally assess learners? Miss. Roeckle (over at Cheryl’s Classroom Tips) sometimes asks students to complete an entrance slip math problem to see if they understand the previous day’s lesson. For instance, before teaching multiplication, she gave all of her students the addition/subtraction money problem below. Then she introduced a new math game […]
Assessment and differentiation for the little ones
I adore the The Differentiated Kindergarten because the site is filled with freebies, colorful graphics and rich examples. Today’s post offers great advice on how to use assessment to differentiate instruction.
TODD’S TECH TUESDAY: Fun with stickman
Be prepared to lose hours of your life to doodling once you click over to Draw a Stickman. How could you use this in the classroom? To teach and reinforce vocabulary for ELL students, to assess the following of written directions for children with disabilities, to inspire a reluctant writer, to teach young students how […]
Helping students use time wisely
Learning how to use your time effectively is an important life skill. Why not help students learn it early? Sarah of Mrs. T’s First Grade keeps a Time Wisely Chart to teach time management to her first graders. Her chart is a simple hanging panel with pockets; students have their own pocket labeled with their […]
