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I use formative assessments almost on a daily basis as it helps me better understand where my students are with their level of understand.  This also helps me inform my instruction and differentiation accordingly.

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John DeGiulio                                                                      Formative assessment is essential for understanding the pace and abilities of your students.  I often use formative assessment in the form of exit slips and pre-assessments to gauge my students knowledge prior to and after a lesson.

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John DeGiulio                                                                      Formative assessment is essential for understanding the pace and abilities of your students.  I often use formative assessment in the form of exit slips and pre-assessments to gauge my students knowledge prior to and after a lesson.

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I use formative assessment informally in the classroom but have been trying to be more pro-active and thoughtful in my planning.  I made a board titled "what stuck with me today?" where students can write a sticky note, like an exit slip, and I could have a record of their thinking.  Padlet seems like a similar idea and something I want to explore more.  

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I use formative assessment informally in the classroom but have been trying to be more pro-active and thoughtful in my planning.  I made a board titled "what stuck with me today?" where students can write a sticky note, like an exit slip, and I could have a record of their thinking.  Padlet seems like a similar idea and something I want to explore more.  

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I use formative assessment all the time with my 2nd graders, but it's often more observational/conversational in younger grades. It's been interested to check out more structured "quizzes" and think about how I could use those.

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Formative assessments contain key information for teacher to help drive instruction as well as help students examine their level of understanding of a topic. In an ideal world, I would have a formative assessment at the end of every class period just like I have a warm up activity at the beginning of each class. This DO NOW is a formative assessment to clarify misunderstandings in the moment, not to drive instruction.

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I use formative assessments with my 4th graders as often as I can...but not as much as I'd like.  I would love to find more opportunities to do them digitally.  I would think that the kids would love it, especially doing weekly Kahoots!  I will definitely work with my colleagues to find more ways of working in 'fun' formative assessments this year!

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I feel like I should be using formative assessments every day, but it ends up being more like once a week. I also think that I should expand my definition of what "formative assessments" are; in my mind, they're only the exit slips that I can quantify, but in reality, I think they're much more flexible. For example, reading conferences with my students are formative because I get a sense of how they're doing in their reading. And I do things like that much more than once a week, but I hope to be more organized and deliberate about it this year.

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I use formative assessment often. This year I hope to use more and more digital assessments -- sometimes it is hard to organize everything ahead of time, but the students and I enjoy and learn from them.

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I tend to use formative assessment more in the form of individual/small group direct questions to students.  I enjoy the personal side of engagement in this manner

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I am constantly using formative assessment.  As a special education teacher, I work with children one on one or in small groups.  I feel like formative assessment is ongoing at all times in the small group setting.  I often use dry erase boards that look like ping pong paddles.  The kids love them and it is an easy way for me to see who knows what and adjust my teaching.

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I use formative assessment on a daily basis when working with students in the classroom. I use questioning techniques to determine what students need or differentation within the classroom setting. Kristen, I like your idea of using them more at the end of class because it gives the teacher an idea of what needs to be focused on and further discussed in the next class.

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I too love formative assessments and although I was using them for years before I knew what the term was, didn't know how much more there is in the Formative Assessment world. I use them as Question du Jours in the beginning of the period, throughout the lesson, and sometimes at the end of the lesson. I want to start using them more at the end of the class, because that is where I'm lacking in terms of using FA.

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Katerina Daughton:  I love formative assessments!

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Katerina Daughton:  I love formative assessments!

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I use formative assessments almost every day.  There are activities that I had been doing that I did not even know were FA.  My students work has been such a pleasure to grade due to my increased use of FA.  They really value the feedback and take it seriously, even though it is not graded.