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One of the roles of formative assessment is to determine if students are ready to move on to the next part or if they reteaching is necessary.

Formative assessment allows us to know where students are in their learning and allows us to plan for that.

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As Brian says, getting to the "heart and soul" (key foci) of a unit is critical to successful planning; what do my kids need to know & be able to do? Formative assessment should be targeted toward the heart and soul of the unit in fragments, and is meant to guide your instruction as you move through the unit.

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Planning to have formative assessment is planning to be flexible and respond to change. Without formative assessment, we are putting more weight in our initial assumptions than one would most likely be comfortable with in such a dynamic environment (the classroom)

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What is the role of formative assessment in the planning process?

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What is the role of formative assessment in the planning process?

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It can help you guide your lesson. If students are understanding something quickly and you can tell (through formative assessment), then you can steer the lesson towards higher level thinking rather than going over things they understand. This allows you to plan for multiple situations based on how the students are absorbing information.

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Using formative assessments helps us know where each one of our students is individually. Using the data that is collected from these assessments can guide what steps we need to take whether it is extension or reteaching.

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When a teacher gets data from formative assessment,  this affects how we plan to reteach certain concepts/pacing level. Planning when to do certain formative assessments will mark when students have mastered smaller skills that will enable them to master the bigger concept. These assessments can be markers along the way of the unit planning process.

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Formative assessment helps us know where the students are and if they are meeting the clear goals that we have laid out for them. By planning out the knowledge, skills, and big ideas for the day or the unit it helps the students have a clear understanding of where they should be at the end of the lesson. Formative assessments can also help guide our instruction throughout the rest of the unit.

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Formative assessment can help teachers clarify leaning goals, provide students with frequent, clear feedback on their progress toward the goal. Additionally if it is used frequently it can help challenge students who have achieved the initial goal and give them a new target to reach for.

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For our economics/ how we express ourselves unit of inquiry doing class "shark tank" or creating shops/stands to form a classroom store and use our class econ $.

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I am thinking about how my students can use technology presentations in place of normal math tests/quizzes. I’ve done menus before but find it harder with math. I also teach at an art school so finding ways for students to do assessments other than tests would be fun. I think it would be necessary to still allow students the option to do the quizzes but presenting something to the class would be great too!

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I am thinking about having my students use: PPT, Make your own (website, kahoot, quizlet), coding, making videos.

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As long as you give student clear expectations as to what knowledge they need to show, you can have them display their thinking in so many different ways. Students could audio record, create a slideshow, create a video with Clips, make a poster/pamphlet etc. This gives student choice in the medium they feel most comfortable with.

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I would love to be able to find a Way to offer more choice in my room. I want to break away from the basic assessments and find ways for my students to have fun and create their best work in a way that works for them and in a way that they will enjoy. Giving them the choice to pick what way they want to perform would give them a greater sense of purpose and joy in their learning.

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Some ways I was thinking of would be including more choice in how students would like to demonstrate their learning. Give them options but do not restrict them if they go outside the box even further.

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Standards offer the target, but not the road map. It enables a teacher to focus on the end goal and allow for various paths to get there.

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I am thinking about letting students demonstrate their mastery of the content standards in the way they feel most successful. I want to let my students choose the platform in which they share their knowledge. I am excited to share new tools with them to show their learning with technology and individual projects. Allowing students to create their own products would allow for individuality and creativity. This makes the content meaningful and they are therefore engaged and invested in their learning.

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What ways are you thinking about offering students to demonstrate mastery of content standards?

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What ways are you thinking about offering students to demonstrate mastery of content standards?

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After looking at Madi's examples of how she assesses vocabulary and how she gives students their work in Language Arts, I am going to change the way I run my class in this period. I am going to use her idea of giving students a menu for the week (which I do, but give them one sheet per day) and give students more choice. For example, I give students vocabulary squares, but I am now going to give them the choice of making a clips video explaining a word, vocabulary squares, or a slide presenting the word. I think this will allow for more differentiation and give students time management practice by forcing them to plan out their week for their work.

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I am excited about offering my students complete choice and freedom in how they choose to present their learning/mastery. I think in doing this it gives students freedom to do what is going to help them be most successful. For students who may not usually share they are able to have the opportunity to share. Moreover for students who are less motivated it holds them accountable to produce something meaningful to them.

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What role does the teaching and learning cycle play in student agency?

What might be some ways standards could be utilized to foster differentiation?

What ways are you thinking about offering students to demonstrate mastery of content standards?