Not exact matches
Galactic Mappers provides many opportunities for me to
assess my
students, give immediate feedback, and track their
learning across a class period as they attempt to reach their goal.
In many schools
across the country, kindergarten has become an important building block for literacy, a place to
assess linguistic difficulties and to develop early language and «pre-reading» skills that put
students in good stead for
learning.
«Just to repeat the main message: we are committed to the development of the whole child, and we have strong programs to support
students» development
across all
learning areas, and the areas that are often not formally
assessed actually promote a school's character.»
Early in the fall, classroom teachers
across the country are busy
assessing their
students» academic levels,
learning styles, and individual needs.
Students learn through the following tasks: - Gauging and collaborating previous knowledge of «equality» through a discussion - based starter task; - Reading chapters 9 and 10 with a particular focus on the increasing inequalities between the different animals, and demonstrating their understanding through a related activity sheet; - Gauging the inequalities between the animals through the design and explanation of an «equality graph» (template and instructions provided); - Understanding how the events of the final chapters help Orwell to get his message
across to the reader; - Analysing how the inequalities between the animals are evident through either a character analysis of Boxer or Napoleon (template and success criteria provided); - Peer
assessing their partners»
learning attempts.
Students learn through a logical and step - by - step
learning journey, including: - Understanding the context of the poem and the horrific events that took place in the battle; - Understanding key information about Owen Sheers» life; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Interpreting the poem, with a particular emphasis upon the language and structural features; - Finding and analysing the language features used throughout the poem, and considering how these link to the poet's message; - Writing an extended analysis piece based upon how Sheers gets
across his message about war; - Peer
assessing each other's
learning attempts.
Students learn through a logical and step - by - step
learning journey, including: - Exploring the key concept of «love» and its many meanings; - Understanding key information about William Shakespeare and his sonnets; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Understanding the poem, with a particular emphasis upon the content, language, and structural features; - Writing an extended analysis piece based upon how Shakespeare gets
across his messages about love in the poem, through the use of language and structure; - Peer
assessing each other's
learning attempts.
They discussed ways to
assess whether
students were connecting the
learning across all subject areas, and they created rubrics to guide their
students» work.
Additionally,
assessing growth
across different
learning levels rather than just at the proficiency threshold would eliminate incentives to ignore
students already above proficiency or too far below to reach proficiency soon.
In Grading and Group Work, assessment expert Susan M. Brookhart offers practical advice and examples
across grade levels and subject areas to help teachers answer, How do I
assess individual
learning when
students work together?
Improving the educational outcomes of
students receiving special education services, as for any other
student group, requires a sustained focus on teaching and
learning, aligned actions
across the district, and continuous monitoring of the degree of implementation of such actions to
assess the impact on
student learning.
Accurately and efficiently
assess student learning growth
across a district of some 13,000 K — 8
students
The program also stands out because of the breadth of its education and classroom certification programs that focus on literacy and educational technology, which supports literacy
across content areas and the use of technology to
assess student learning.
With the ELA standards» inclusion of literacy development
across subject areas, ample opportunities for interdisciplinary and interest - driven
learning are possible but require careful instructional design so that gifted
students are afforded
learning geared to their continued development as
assessed regularly by the classroom teacher.