Pre- Assessments
Effective assessment is crucial to ensure pace and challenge.
Pre-assessments tend to be shorter than post assessments
because you just need enough information to get an idea of
strengths and areas of growth.
These little snapshots make it easier to:
Many of these assessment ideas can be adapted for before, during or after a concept and for different stages.
A good pre-assessment:
Consider why you are pre-assessing and what information you wish to gather. Explain the purpose of the pre-assessment.
Emphasise that the information is intended to help you better understand what to teach.
Determine how you will use the information.
Use the results of pre-assessments to adapt your teaching to enhance pupil learning.
Possible adaptations include:
Above
On
Below
Playing a game of 4 Corners in your classroom is a fun way to pre-assess your students because it gets them moving.
You can also do a digital version pupils drag their names or comments to corners of a document.
Anticipation Guide
Give topic specific questions. Some true and some false.
Pupils fill in a quick agree/disagree before a topic and then again after the topic.
Mind map with topic words.
Surface use - pupils write a definition.
Deeper- (perhaps end of topic) pupils write the connection between the words.
Annotate a diagram to show what they understand with names or definitions.
Odd one out
Identify the odd one out and give a reason.
Spot the difference between two subject specific pictures.
Explain why there are differences and the impact they have.
Find the mistake.
Explain why they made the mistake.
Make a statement
We use conjunctions to make our writing better
But…
Because…
Therefore…
Schools in the Victorian era were very different…..
But…
Because…
Therefore…
The U.K. is a democracy.....
But…
Because…
Therefore…
Bar charts are a way of displaying data....
But…
Because…
Therefore…
Appositive Clause
An appositive clause is a statement that pupils add information to which helps to demonstrate their understanding.
Example:
e.g. The digestive system, which includes the mouth, pharynx (throat), esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, is very important.
place to visit.
Find and fix
Identify examples and non- examples
Vertebrates | Non- Vertebrates |
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Dog
Bee
Earthworm
Spider
Shark
Goldfish
Human
Ant
Horse
Jellyfish
Eagle
Cat
Octopus
Frog
Snail
Butterfly
Crab
Snake
Elephant
Starfish
Graffiti
Keywords on pieces of paper. Children can write around words that are to do with the key words or their experiences already.
Write in different colours or initial their writing.
Gymnastics
balance
Gymnastics
inversion
Gymnastics
rolls
Simple Sentences (About the Senses)
1. The cat purred softly.
2. She smelled the fresh flowers.
3. He tasted the sweet cake.
4. The music was loud.
5. They watched the sunset.
Upleveled Sentences
1. The cat purred softly, its gentle vibrations creating a soothing hum that filled the quiet room.
2. She inhaled deeply, the fragrance of fresh flowers enveloping her in a symphony of delicate, floral notes.
3. He savoured the rich, sweet cake, each bite melting on his tongue and delighting his taste buds.
4. The music blared, a cacophony of beats and melodies that pulsed through the air, resonating in their chests.
5. They gazed at the sunset, mesmerized by the kaleidoscope of colours that painted the sky in shades of orange, pink, and purple.
Give simple sentences for pupils to uplevel
This can assess writing and vocabulary or knowledge of a specific subject.
Multiple Choice Quiz on Forces
1. What is a force?
A. A type of energy
B. A push or a pull
C. A measure of speed
D. A kind of sound
Answer: B. A push or a pull
2. Which of the following is an example of a contact force?
A. Gravity
B. Magnetism
C. Friction
D. Electric force
Answer: C. Friction
3. What is the force that pulls objects toward the Earth?
A. Friction
B. Magnetism
C. Gravity
D. Air resistance
Answer: C. Gravity
4. Which tool can be used to measure force?
A. Thermometer
B. Stopwatch
C. Spring scale
D. Ruler
Answer: C. Spring scale
5. If you push a toy car and it starts moving, which force is acting in the opposite direction to slow it down?
A. Friction
B. Gravity
C. Magnetic force
D. Electric force
Answer: A. Friction
A simple quiz/multiple choice can give a lot of information quickly. These can also be done digitally.
Sequence events
With or without diagrams. Can also be done very effectively digitally.
Venn diagrams
Give group titles and ask pupils to organise them in a Venn diagram. You may wish to give subject specific vocabulary to them or leave it more open dependant on the stage of the pupils.
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Further Assessment Ideas
Post Assessments
Use these to gauge understanding and decide next steps. They can take various forms.
Many pre-assessments can be adapted or re-used as post assessments to also measure impact.
Exit tickets are a great method of post assessment.
Exit tickets can be used instead of marking as a quick assessment.
For efficiency use blank pieces of paper and have the question/exemplar on your smartboard.
Sort responses into three piles
1 - nailed it
2 - need some more input
3 - don’t have it at all.
Then can plan what comes next for each group.
Good differentiation is effective use of assessment.
If you can’t write the exit ticket easily this may mean the lesson has too much content or that you are not sure of the aim.
Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
How do you change a mixed number to an improper fraction?
How do you change an improper fraction to a mixed number?
Change these mixed number to improper fractions:
4 ⅕ = 7 ½ = 12 ¾ = 9 ⅝ =
Change these improper fractions to mixed numbers:
45/5 = 56/9 = 23/2 = 97/10
How well do you think you did today?
Traffic light your work.
Write the sentences putting the apostrophes in the correct place.
Abbie likes to sit behind the drivers seat in the car.
Petes dog has been missing for two weeks.
Amys pictures are hung on the wall.
Sikhism
Split the ticket into 4 equal sections. Draw a quick picture in each box to show what you have learned from today’s lesson on where Sikhs worship. Write one word in each box to help me understand what your picture is about?
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As an exit or entrance ticket, ask students to pose an “I wonder…” question about next week’s topic and place it in a “Wonder Box.” This can inform your instruction and how you teach your next lesson.
You can even post the most common queries as part of your Essential Questions!
Exit Pass - Ordering and Comparing Decimals
My understanding - Fist of Five (circle your answer)
1 2 3 4 5
Assessments can be done quickly on paper with some well formed questions but digital can be time saving e.g. using a Google Forms quiz, Kahoot or Plickers.