Check for understanding

Hey everyone! It's Deanna here from A Primary Owl! Today, I am talking formative assessments....this has been a huge push in my school this year. We have been focusing on Formative Instructional Practices like posting clear learning targets for students, making sure students know their learning targets and regular formative assessments to drive your instruction. So, I want to share with you 5 quick ways you can check for understanding during or after your lesson. You probably already use…

Checking for Understanding Formative Assessment Exit Slips

Secondary teachers! It's really hard to know if students are truly hitting your learning targets. Use these low-prep, high yield tips to check for understanding and drive your instruction for students. Formative assessment ideas. #checksforunderstanding #highschoolassessmentideas #tipsforhighschoolteachers #middleschoolassessmentstrategies

Get your students invested in showing you about their novel with this novel study choice board. There's a time and place for book reports, but there are better and more engaging ways to check for understanding! This resource includes 12 open-ended project prompts that allow students to use their own creative strengths to share about their novel. Your students will find themselves doing any of the following to show their understanding:WritingGraphic designDrawingRecording a podcastCreating a…

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Written feedback is certainly called for, but we're leaving a lot of improvement on the table when we don't use exemplars, sentence templates, and checks for understanding. #DaveStuartJr

A lesson is not complete without checking for student understanding. If I do not check for understanding, I am unable to self-evaluate. Was the lesson effective? What should I change in the future? Also, without checking for understanding, I do not know which students need additional support and which students need enrichment. I know that

Teachers around the world are picking up the pieces and filling in learning gaps caused by school closures, distance learning, and concurrent teaching. Students haven’t had a normal school year in 3 years. Sadly, this means a loss of learning time for many and teachers are having to fill in those gaps and address those needs. Despite planning stellar lessons to teach your grade-level standards we must not forget about checking for student understanding. This simple act of checking up on…

Finding out what your students are really learning remains indispensable to teaching. Here’s what teachers are doing to check for understanding online.