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Cross-Curricular Formative Assessment to Meet Learning Goals
Keep Calm and Integrate On
Sometimes We Accept Absence of Response as Student Understanding…
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Today We Will….
• Utilize formative assessment strategies• Meet history and English objectives through
reading and writing application• Work cooperatively• Write a summary
Common Formative Assessments
• Shared learning with colleagues• Helping students learn about “…tests as a
genre” (Fisher, Grant, Frey, & Johnson, 2007/2008).
• Incorporate assessments in multiple formats to gauge student learning
From: http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/formative-assessment
Walkabout• Objectives:– Reflect on how formative assessments are used in
the classroom.– Reflect on collaborative work with other content
areas to use formative assessments.
Reality Check!
• Find a common time: team time, planning time
• English skills• Changes in the SOL: US History I and II no
longer assess students with a SOL test
Why Formative Assessment?• “…teachers and schools must increase the
precision of our teaching” (Fullan, Hill, & Crévola, 2006).
• This means:– The learner has to (a) possess a concept of the
standard (or goal, or reference level) being aimed for, (b) compare the actual (or current) level of performance with the standard, and (c) engage in appropriate action which leads to some closure of the gap” (p. 121).
SOL Correlation
6.5, 7.5, 8.5: The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry.
6.6, 7.6, 8.6: The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of nonfiction texts.
9.4: The student will read, comprehend, and analyze a variety of literary texts including narratives, narrative nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
9.5, 11.5, 12.5: The student will read and analyze a variety of nonfiction texts.
10. 5: The student will read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate nonfiction texts.
Assessment Time!
Create a hashtag and a tweet to synthesize what
you learned so far.
Assessment Time!• A hashtag is a theme for an event, thought, or
occurrence. • A tweet is a short (35 character) summary
explanation. Example for the SOL Institute
#brainpower
Enhancing teaching and learning with formative assessment. English teachers rock!
When to Assess
• Fisher and Frey (2011) suggest that teachers check for student understanding every 5-10 minutes to support student learning and sustain rigor within the lesson.
http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Books/Overview/Checking-for-Understanding-Formative-Assessment-Techniques-for-Your-
Classroom-2nd-Edition.aspx
Class Time!• Read the text• History class: Read the text and then follow the
directions in the folder.
Class Time!
• English class: Warm-up: Respond to the prompt– Read the poem that accompanies the History reading– Answer the questions attached to the question sheet. – Group Activity
In what other ways can we use formative assessment to put these
curricular pieces together?
Speaking and Listening Assessments• Think-Pair-Share• Reciprocal teaching• Literacy circles• Discussion prompts• Socratic Seminars• Retellings
Questioning Assessments
• Plan questions in advance to make them worthwhile
• Ask questions that require many students to respond
• Audience response systems
Writing Assessments
• RAFT• Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, I-
Phone, Match.com or E-Harmony Profile)• Stories• Anecdotes• Summary• Editorial• Primary and secondary source analysis
(Fisher & Frey, 2014)
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Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2014). Checking for understanding: Formative assessment techniques for your classroom (2nd ed.).
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Fisher, D., Grant, M., Frey, N., & Johnson, C. (n.d.). Taking formative assessment schoolwide. Educational Leadership, 65(4), 64-68.
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Lazarus, Emma (1882). The new colossus. The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved on 04 June 2015 from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172943
Library of Congress Home | Library of Congress. (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2015, from http://www.loc.gov/
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Student Interactives - ReadWriteThink. (n.d.). Retrieved May 14, 2015, from http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
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