Here are some of my favorites:
Grade the Teacher
This is by far my absolute favorite way to assess my students in the classroom.
It
is so versatile and engaging and can be used for any subject. Plus it builds critical thinking and reasoning skills. Students
get to "grade" the teacher's work, which is purposely filled with errors
for them to find. It's great for an exit ticket and error analysis.
Plus, students don't even realize they are doing ALL the work by
correcting and reteaching the teacher! It is such a hit with the students. Grab it at my TPT store.
Carousel Writing
Create a set of questions related to a topic of study. Write them out on chart paper. These questions will be used as brainstorming sheets for a pre lesson assessment, and then again for a post lesson assessment. Group students at one of the chart questions and have them discuss and record ideas. Upon a designated signal pass the charts to a new group and continue the same process. Each group will respond and add to all question charts. The neat part of this is if you do the same questions as a post Carousel Writing you can see growth in ideas. The samples below were for a science unit on Living Things. The pre lesson Carousel brainstorming was in red and the post lesson was in green.
This idea comes from the book Getting Into Words by Shira Lubliner.
Use this web link printable to color code vocabulary word familiarity in stoplight colors:
Red: If you don't know the word
Yellow: If you have heard the word, but not sure of its meaning
Green: If you know the word and can use it in a sentence
What are some fun ways you assess students?
I love these ideas so much. They're so creative. Hadn't heard of any of these before. Thanks for linking up!!
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I had never heard of the stop light vocabulary before. I love it! Thanks for sharing!
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