I am linking up with Sarah and Courtney from in Adventures in Guided Math to discuss chapter 5 of the Guided Math in Action Book Study.
Chapter 5 focuses
on assessments. In this chapter Dr. Nicki Newton discusses how to balance
assessments in guided math and the reasons why you should use a variety of
different assessments. The type of assessments she mentioned were:
Math interviews
Math conferences
Entrance and exit
slips
Math running
records
Math surveys and
questionnaires
Checklist
Quizzes
Self-Assessments
Math profiles
Question 1: I give
pre-assessments at the beginning of each unit, this helps to determine which
groups the students need to be in for that unit. It also helps me understand what
parts of the unit the students have mastered and need help on. The ongoing
assessments that are used in my classroom are journal reflection entries,
tickets out of the door, quizzes, observations, and conferences. One of the
major ongoing assessments that I use in my class is student portfolios. The
portfolios are composed of beginning, middle, and end of the year assessments
that we do county wide throughout the year, with a few weekly assessments. We confer
about the assessments, results, and graph the data. The students use the data
to make goals throughout the year. The portfolios are also used to conduct
student led conferences in the classroom during the second round of parent
teacher conferences. As far as summative assessments they are done grade level
wide and are the pencil and paper formats. They are generally conducted at the
end of each unit. We also give benchmarks throughout the year.
Question 2: I
gained a few new ideas from this chapter. I plan to implement math interviews
and student profiles in classroom.
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