Formative Assessment
Most of these strategies came from AVID or the three-day professional learning series, "Assessing for Learning," presented by Snow, Vance and Associates. In addition, many can be adapted for technology.
Pre-Assessment
KWL Chart First Word/Last Word Pre-writing Cloze Circle Map Quick writeClothes pin Socrative.com/Activotes/ActivExpressions |
On-going Assessment
Road signs One-sheets Four corners 2 stars and a wish Plus/Delta Peer review Elbow/shoulder partners Quick writes Snowball "fight" Socratic seminars Word clouds CASH out Timed Pair Share Cloze Circle Map Save the last word for me Visual synetics Chain notes Paint the picture (one sheet) Value line-up North-South-East-West Clothes pin Talk a mile a minute Give one to get one 3-2-1 Find someone who Text-tagging (critical reading strategies) Socrative.com/Activotes/ActivExpressions PVF (paired verbal fluency) Quiz-Quiz-Trade Fist to Five Chart paper splash PMI (pluses, minuses, insights) |
Post-Assessment
KWL Chart First Word/Last Word One-sheets CASH out I Used to Think...But Now I Know Circle Map Plus/Delta Two-minute paper Whip around Shift statement Clothes pin QIC (questions, insights/ideas, connections) ABC-123 Stand and share Socrative.com/Activotes/ActivExpressions SOS (success, on-target, synopsis) |