After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Bulletin Board Kit

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This Really Good Stuff® product includes: • After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Banner,WriteAgain® wipe-offlaminate • 32Student Name Sticks • 4Student Name Stick Holders,laminated • Zippered Storage Bag • ThisReallyGoodStuff®ActivityGuide CongratulationsonyourpurchaseofthisReallyGoodStuff® After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Bulletin Board Kit—aneasy-to-usebulletinboarddisplaydesignedtoofferaquickassessmentofhowwelleachstudentunderstandsaspecificlesson.

Assembling and Displaying the After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Bulletin Board KitBeforedisplayingtheAfter-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Bulletin Board Kit,makecopiesofthisReallyGoodStuff® ActivityGuide,andfilethepagesforfutureuse.Or,downloadanothercopyofitfromourWebsiteatwww.reallygoodstuff.com. RemovetheStudent Name Sticksandlabeleachonewithastudentnameornumber.StorethemintheZippered Bag whennotinuse,keepingthemclosetotheBanner.DisplaytheBanner wherestudentswillbeabletoseeandinteractwithiteasily.AttachtheStudent Name Stick Holders invertical,descendingorderbeginningwiththeNumber 4 Stick Holder.AlwaysuseadryerasemarkerontheBannerinordertopreserveitsWriteAgain® wipe-offlaminatesurface.

Introducing the After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Bulletin Board KitPriortoalesson,useadryerasemarkertowriteaclear,measurablelearninggoalorobjectiveontheBanner header.DistributetheName Sticks andalloweachstudenttopersonalizehisorherStickwithdecorations.

Directstudents’attentiontotheAfter-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Bannerandreassurethemthateveryonelearnsatadifferentrate.Discusswithstudentsthattheywillbereflectingontheirunderstandingoflearninggoalsandobjectivesandmonitoringtheirprogress.Remindstudentsthatalearninggoalorobjectiveidentifieswhattheywilllearnorbeabletodobytheendofthelesson.Attheendofeachlesson,theywillratetheirunderstandingofthegoalsandobjectives,whichwillhelpyoutoteachthem.PointingtotheBanner,readthefourindicatorsandprovideanexampleofeachindicatorwithinthecontextoftheobjective.ExplaintostudentsthecriteriaforchoosinganumberedStick Holderfortheobjective:1. AstudentshouldplacehisorherName Stickinthe

Number 1 Stick Holder ifheorshedoes not understand thelessonobjectiveandneedshelptodemonstratemastery.

2.TheNumber 2 Stick Holderisforstudentswhoarejust starting to understandthelessonobjective,butneedalittlemorepracticebeforetheycancompleteitindependently.

3.TheNumber 3 Stick Holderisforstudentswhounderstand thelessonobjectiveandcancompleteitindependently.

4.TheNumber 4 Stick Holderisforstudentswhounderstand the lesson objective,cancompleteitindependently,andcanteach other students.

Createaclassroomcultureinwhichstudentsfeelsafeself-assessingandsharingtheirhonestprogresstowardlearninggoals.Shareatimeinwhichyouweren’tabletomastersomethingonyourveryfirsttryandneededadditionalpracticetoreassurethem.Explainthathonestratingshelpyouteachbyseeingwhattheyunderstandandfindingoutareasinwhichtheyneedmorehelp.

After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Procedures Attheendofalesson,remindstudentsoftheobjective.Thenaskthemtoself-assesstheirprogresstowardthatobjectivebyimplementingtheThink-Pair-Shareprocedure.Allowstudents30secondstosilentlyandindependentlydeterminetheirratings.Assignpartners,thenaskstudentstoexplaintheirratingstotheirpartners.Next,havethemsharetheirratingswiththeclass,givingthemtheopportunitytoaskclarifyingquestions.Finally,tellstudentstoplacetheirName SticksintheappropriateHolders ontheBanner.Youcanchoosetoincorporatethisprocedureintoyourdailyroutine.

After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Exit Pass Topromoteadeeperlevelofself-assessmentandtoincorporateawrittencomponent,usetheAfter-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Exit Pass ReproduciblealongwiththeName Sticksorasastand-aloneassessment.MakeenoughcopiesoftheAfter-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Exit Pass Reproducibleforeachstudenttohaveonepass,andcutthemapart.Eitherpre-printthelessonobjectiveatthetopofeachExitPassorinstructstudentstocopytheobjective.Youcanmakeanenlargedcopyofanexitpassonchartpaper,oruseanenlargedelectronicversiononaninteractivewhiteboardoroverheadprojector.ModelcompletinganExitPass,thinkingaloudasyouexplainandjustifythevariousratings.Forexample,say,“IchoseNumber3becauseIunderstandthelesson.IknowthatIamabletoaddandsubtractfractionsonmyown.IamnotaNumber4becauseIdon’tfeelcomfortableteachingothersyet.”

DistributetheExitPasses.Writeinthelessonobjectiveontheblankline,instructingstudentstocopythelessonobjectiveontheirownExitPasses.Next,directstudentstowritetheirnames,circletheirratings,andexplainandjustifytheirchoices.Tellthemtorefertoyourmodelasanexample.CollecttheExitPassesuponcompletion.

After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Class ChartUseacopyoftheAfter-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Chart Reproducibletokeeparunningrecordofstudentself-assessmentresponsesduringaunit.Attheendofthelesson,recordandtallytheratings.Usethisinformationtoguideyourplanningforre-teaching,grouping,peertutoring,independentandguidedpractice,andforalertingsupportstaff.

StudentscanalsousetheAfter-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Chart Reproducibletokeeptrackoftheirprogresswithinaunit.Copyanddistributethereproducibleforstudentstokeepintheirfolders.Attheendofalesson,instructstudentstorecordtheirself-assessments.Encouragethemtobringthecompletedcharthometosharewiththeircaregiversduringorafteraunit.

After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Chart ReproducibleA

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After-the-Lesson Self-Assessment Exit Pass Reproducible

After the lesson about

I landed on this spot!

4 I understand and can teach others. I know this

because

3 I understand. I know this because

2 I am starting to understand. I need more help with

1 HELP! I do not understand. I need more help with

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