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Quick Quiz

Teacher asks 3-5 quick response questions on a particular topic. Student may either write their answers or

respond orally.

Quick Write

Teachers asks 1 question and students quickly write their response on a 3x5 index card. Teacher checks the

responses stopping at students’ desks or students raise their cards for the teacher to view.

Quiz

Quizzes assess students for factual information, concepts and discrete skill. There is usually a single best

answer. Some quiz examples are:

Multiple Choice

True/False

Short Answer

Paper and Pencil

Matching

Extended Response

Right Elbow

After the teacher’s presentation, students turn to the person at their right elbow to talk about the topic, ask

Partner

a question or discuss the ideas the teacher presented.

Self-Assessment

A process in which students collect information about their own learning, analyze what it reveals about their

progress toward the intended learning goals and plan the next steps in their learning.

S O S Summary

Teacher presents a Statement (S) and asks students to express their Opinion (O) as to whether they agree or

disagree with the teacher’s statement. Then the students have to Support (S) their opinion with specific

evidence.

Smart Cards

These are student written summaries and illustrations on index cards about the Big Ideas and Enduring

Understandings, the key concepts and topics related to one unit of study. Each student creates their own

Smart Card. Students then pair up and share their cards with one another. They can also be stacked and

shared again before a quiz or test.

Student

Teacher has a one on one conversation with students to check their level of understanding.

Conference

Survey Students

Although this is not strictly a formative assessment of student learning, you can learn a great deal by

surveying students. A survey may consist of 3-5 questions on a particular topic of study or on their opinion

about classroom routines, rules or on their interests and pastimes.

Ticket to Leave

Closing activity where students respond in writing or verbally to short assignments.

Think Pair Share

Students think individually, then pair (discuss with partner), then share with the class.aba

Turn ‘n Talk

This strategy encourages student conversation about what they’re learning. Students listen to the teacher’s

presentation on a topic for 10 minutes and then turn to a partner and talk about the topic for 2 minutes.

They can share notes and ideas about the topic. This can be done several times during a lesson. At the end

of the lesson students can be brought together to summarize their key understandings and to clear up any

misconceptions.

Turn to Your

Teacher gives direction to students. Students formulate individual response, and then turn to a partner to

Partner

share their answers. Teacher calls on several random pairs to share their answers with the class.

Web or Concept

Any of several forms of graphical organizers which allow learners to perceive relationships between concepts

Map

through diagramming key words representing those concepts.

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