BCS Framework Forum
March 2017
Quick and Easy Formative Assessments
Formative assessments don't have to be formal or time consuming. Think of them as temperature checks that tell you how your students are progressing and/or feeling about their learning.
Low/No-Prep Formative Assessments
10 Exit Slip Prompts
- Write down two things you learned today.
- Pretend your friend was absent from class today and s/he asks you to explain the lesson. What would you tell him/her?
- Write down one question you have about today’s lesson.
- Write down one thing I can do to help you.
- What concept has been most difficult/confusing this chapter?
- What do you need to do to prepare for the upcoming test?
- What would you like me to review tomorrow?
- What is the most important thing we learned today?
- How did today’s quiz go? What can you do to improve next time?
- If you were writing a quiz over today’s material, what are 2 questions that you would put on it?
Exit Slip Sort
Students drop their exit slips in the baskets according to how they feel they understand that day's content.
Green: Got it!!
Yellow: Kind of, but it's shaky
Red: Say What???
Students are actively self-assessing their own learning.
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One Minute Sentence
1. List
During a lesson, have students list of the most important ideas of the lesson.
2. ComposeStudents review the important ideas they’ve recorded so far, then use what they’ve reviewed to compose one sentence to summarize the entire lesson.
3. TimeSet a timer for one minute and ask students to compose their sentence. At the end of one minute, students share their sentences with a partner and/or turn them in.
Check out theteachertoolkit site for more details and videos of this strategy in action.
Want more info? A sounding board? Give a shout to your neighborhood literacy coach.
Kathy Bonyun
Rebecca Johnson
Laura Mayer
Kenny McKee
Dawn Perez