Assessment
Performance-based assessment allows the teacher to assess learning while it is happening. Assessment, embedded in the activity, becomes a natural part of the learning experience.
Broad categories of performance assessment include: writing, illustrating, conversations, class participation, activities, assessments, and projects.
Students will be assessed through a variety of activities, including: classroom observations, activities, projects, and tests. Their work will be kept in portfolios in school.
Math tests are designed to parallel course content and provide tangible feedback.
Tests should be signed and returned.
Writing for Assessment
*Notebooks provide a structure for guiding children’s writing and thinking.
*Notebooks serve as a vehicle for written dialogue between teacher and student.
*Notebooks provide a way for students to record observations over time.
*Children learn to reflect on what they understand through written journals.
What I am looking for when I read a student’s writing?
- Evidence of process skills.
- Accurate facts and other information.
- Evaluate writing based on a pre-established set of criteria.
- Signs that the student has internalized a concept.
- Clues about attitudes.
- Growth over time in children as observers and recorders of information.
Homework
Homework will be collected and/or checked daily to ensure student completion. All homework for the trimester will count toward the subject grade for the report card. Missing homework detracts from the final grade.
√+ Well done, no errors all work shown, neat
√ Completed satisfactorily, contains some errors, all work shown
√- Homework attempted but has many errors, or work is not shown and it lacks neatness
0 Homework not submitted