Exit Tickets & Informal Assessments
Explore Tried and True Strategies for Informal Assessment
Overview:
Finding out what your students understand can feel like pulling teeth. Check out these tried and true resources for "Checking for Understanding".
53 Ways to Check For Understanding- Here Are Our Favorites!!!!
Summary Poem Activity
- List 10 Key Words from an assigned text.
- Do a free verse poem with the words you highlighted.
- Write a summary of the reading based on the words you highlighted.
So What? Journal
- Identify the main idea of the lesson. Why is it important?
Explaining
- Explain the main idea using an analogy
Advertisement:
- Create an ad, with visuals and text, for the newly learned concept.
Muddy Moment:
- What frustrates and confuses you about the text, Why?
Talk Show Panel:
- Have a cast of experts debate the finer points of _______________________.
Double Entry Notebook:
- Create a two-column. Use the left column to write down 5-8 important quotations. Use the right column to record reactions to the quotations.
Twitter Post:
Define_____________ in under 140 characters.
Top 10 List:
- What are the most important takeaways, written with humor?
Misconception Check:
- Given a common misconception about a topic, students explain why they agree or disagree with it.
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