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Plickers can be used with multiple choice questions in order to grab data about students

ability to respond to content, stimulus, and other questions.

Plickers is free (for the most part) and can be used in any content. Plickers use a four sided card (a QR code) for students to share their responses.

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Students create short videos via Flipgrid or uploaded to Google Classroom where they explain their reasoning. You can then watch what they create and see what they are able to explain, what they omit, and what they may not understand.

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Create all the videos you want-for free! It's easy to create, share, and discuss what you love in a safe space. See how Flip works & how to get started.

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Peardeck has premade slides created for formative assessments. They have options for beginning, middle, and end of lessons, as well as social emotional check ins, content specific templates, and student self-assessment options.

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Overview

The Formative Assessment Slide Templates were created by our team of educators. You can add these templates to any Pear Deck lesson to help your students warm up for the day, think more deeply about any subject, reflect on the lesson, and more! They are available inside of the Template Library, and include Beginning, During, and End of lesson templates for any subject or grade level, Newsela Social-Emotional Learning templates, Math, and Critical Thinking templates. Keep reading to learn how you can add these awesome templates to your presentation!

In this article, you can learn about:

How to get the Slide Templates

The Template Types

Example Templates in Action

How to get the Slide Templates

First, make sure to create your Pear Deck account. Go to peardeck.com and click Teacher Login. You can log into Pear Deck with a Google account or a Microsoft 365 account. Finally, open the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on or the Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online Add-in.
If you're using Pear Deck for Google Slides...
Many of the templates can be added directly from inside of the Google Slides Add-on sidebar. Additional templates, as well as Example Decks, can viewed and copied from the Pear Deck Examples page.
If you're using Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online...
First, download the templates. Then, upload them to OneDrive. Finally, open and copy them into the presentation of your choice. PowerPoint Online users can access the Template Library in the PowerPoint Add-in sidebar, or go to the Pear Deck Templates website.

Please note: You can change the background image, text, or question type of any Slide Template that you add to your presentation! The templates are meant to jumpstart your use of Interactive Slides so that you can create amazing moments of classroom collaboration and engagement. You can change the question, font, theme, text color, background image - anything that enhances your lesson! Just make sure to keep the bar with the Pear on the bottom of the slide. If it's deleted, the slide will no longer be interactive.

Template Types
Beginning of Lesson
This group of templates can be used to introduce your lesson and get minds moving. These include easy-to-use warm-up, temperature check, and reflection slides.
During Lesson
Slides in this section could be used to prompt additional thought, discussion, or deeper engagement. Slide types include true/false, checks for understanding, summary, diagrams, maps, graphs, and more. These flexible slide types can be customized to an unlimited array of subjects.
End of Lesson
Wrap up class with opportunities for reflection and exit tickets.
Critical Thinking and Math
The Critical Thinking and Math Templates are not currently located in the Pear Deck Sidebar. But worry not! You can still view and copy Critical Thinking templates for Google Slides here, copy Math Templates for Google Slides here, and download all templates for PowerPoint Online here.

Example Templates in Action
Warm-Up Slide
The Warm-Up Slide template is a great way to get students accessing prior knowledge about the day's topic.

Slide in the editor, prior to the presentation. Students will respond by drawing on the slide.

Student View during the presentation with an example answer.
Reflection Slide
The Reflection Slide template gives students an opportunity to think about something and put their thoughts into words.

Slide in the editor, prior to the presentation. Students will be able to respond by typing into a text box next to the slide.

Student View of the slide during the presentation with an example answer.
Temperature Check Slide
The Temperature Check template is good for getting a quick read on your class. Are they getting it? Not getting it? Ready to move on?

Slide in the editor, prior to the presentation. Students will be able to respond by dragging the red dot.

Student View of the slide during the presentation with an example answer.
Exit Ticket
The Exit Ticket template lets you see what students are taking away from the lesson and hopefully helps the main takeaway sink in before they're off to the next class.

Slide in the editor, prior to the presentation. Students will be able to draw on the slide.

Student View of the slide during the presentation with an example answer.

That's it for now! You've learned about the Formative Assessment Templates in Pear Deck for Google Slides.

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The Formative Assessment Slide Templates were created by our team of educators. You can add these templates to any Pear Deck lesson to help your students warm up for the day, think more deeply about any subject, reflect on the lesson, and more!

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Have students imagine that they need to teach a concept to a younger student or a student who missed class. Have students teach the concept or explain how they would teach the concept or learning. This can be done through a video,  written description, an actual lesson, etc. Use this to assess how well students truly understand the concept.

Some ideas:

Make a children’s picture book

Create a quiz with answers

Make an Infographic

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Log into your Quizizz student account and head to the 'Create a quiz' tab on the top left of the screen.

Add your own questions, and use the teleport feature to add questions from other publicly available quizzes.

Hit 'Finish Quiz' once all questions are added, and that's your student-made quiz out in the universe!

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Log into your Quizizz student account and head to the 'Create a quiz' tab on the top left of the screen. Add your own questions, and use the teleport feature to add questions from other publicly available quizzes. Hit 'Finish Quiz' once all questions are added, and that's your student-made quiz out in the universe!

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Test Wizard provides precise online control over the administration of exams, quizzes, and homework to your classroom. Teachers can upload or create their classes in all of our subject areas and populate them with students. When the student completes the exam, reports are instantly generated and available to view.

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TestWizard | Assign online homework, quizzes, and reviews.

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TestWizard provides precise online control over the administration of exams, quizzes, and homework to your classroom. Teachers can upload or create their classes in all of our subject areas and populate them with students. The students are given their own accounts, which allows them to take exams on…

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Use Poll Everywhere, Google Forms, or Google Classroom Question to take a quick poll of student responses. Use the data to shift instruction on the fly, make groups, or address misunderstandings.

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Assign students a warm up problem or two. Hand out index cards to the students. Sort the index cards into yes/no (Correct/Incorrect) piles. Choose your favorite no response and analyze it as a class. Encourages learning from mistakes.

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

1. How does this strategy allow for immediate re-teaching?

2. What criteria does Ms. Alcala use to pick her favorite no?

3. How does Ms. Alcala use assessment data to inform her teaching?

School Details

Martin Luther King Middle School
1781 Rose Street
Berkeley CA 94703

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Leah Alcala gives her students a warm-up problem at the beginning of every class, which they solve on index cards. She quickly sorts through them, and from the wrong answers chooses her "favorite no." She and her kids then analyze what's right about the solution before delving in to what the writer doesn't understand that led them to answer incorrectly.

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Have students draw what they understand, instead of writing it.

Have students draw symbols or use other artistic expression to express their understanding.

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The brain is divided into two hemispheres. Between the left and the right sides of the brain lies a bundle of neural fibers called the corpus callosum. The goal is to integrate the left brain and right brain and encourage communication across the corpus callosum. Whenever you achieve a crossover between the two hemispheres of the brain, learning is enhanced. When a student engages in coloring, doodling, or artistic embellishment of their lesson material, the two sides of the brain work together.

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The brain is divided into two hemispheres. Between the left and the right sides of the brain lies a bundle of neural fibers called the corpus callosum. The goal is to integrate the left brain and...

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Have students turn and talk about a question to assess their learning. Circulate the room and listen in on conversations for understanding and misunderstandings. Address misconceptions to the class immediately before moving on with the lesson.

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KWLR:

What do I know about this subject/topic?

Why are we learning this?

What did I learn today?

Where was I right? What did I do correctly?

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Metacognition allows for the students to process what they did in class and why it was done. At the end of class (or each assignment if on block sched), have students complete a table similar to the one below. Collect and provide feedback.

What did we do?

Why did we do it?

What did I learn? today?

How can I apply it?

What questions do I still have about it?