
Instructional Minute
February 7, 2023

Workshop Model: Debrief and Formative Assessment
- The Workshop Model: Debrief
- Debrief Look Fors
- Debrief Templates
- The Workshop Model: Formative Assessment
- Formative Assessment Look Fors
- Formative Assessment Templates
The Workshop Model: Debriefing
The Debriefing occurs at the end of the workshop and gives students an opportunity to be metacognitive as they synthesize, reflect on, and name what they have learned for the day (e.g. sharing out, presenting, etc.)
Debriefing Look Fors
Think aloud
- Concurrent verbalization of thoughts while performing a task
- Students can spontaneously report what was going through their minds during the lesson
- What they learned
- What their process was
- What they question
Revisiting the Learning Target
- Students can write and/or discuss learned knowledge and how it relates to the lesson's learning target/"I Can" statement
- Use conceptionally grounded questions
- Find the relevance in the learning
The "L" in K.W.L
- An acronym for Know, Want-to-Know, and Learned
- Debriefing focuses on the L or learned portion of the model. This is where students are able to summarize their learning at the end of the lesson.
Workshop Model: Formative Assessment
Formative Assessments are instrumental in maximizing student achievement. By consistently monitoring and checking up on students’ academic progress and using a formative assessment process, teachers can correct and minimize the obstacles in students’ paths. Formative assessments are any measures or indicators a teacher uses during a lesson to monitor what students know and do not know. They can be completed in a variety of ways but are often quick and ungraded. An exit ticket is just one example of an effective formative assessment. Formative assessments can be used by both teachers and students as a means to improve learning.
Formative Assessment Look Fors
Exit Tickets
- Simple technique to prompt synthesis of student learning
- Use to gauge student needs
- Can help you plan for the next lesson
Dipsticks
- Easy and quick like checking the oil in your car. For example:
- Write a letter explaining a key idea to a friend
- Draw a sketch to visually represent new knowledge
- Do a think, pair, share with a partner
- Two facts and a fib
- Learn more here
Schmidtmann @ Wexford
The Do Now for Library
Schmidtmann @ Wexford
Posted "I Can" statement that is related to library lesson
Schmidtmann @ Wexford
Riddle Elementary
1st Graders partnered up for Work Time
Forest View
Students independently focused on their Do Now
Hoekstra @ Eastern High School
High Schools active in a Do Now
Shari Apol @ Elementary Schools
Art students during their Do Now
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