Today I'm linking up with Fourth Grade Flipper for her weekly Tried it Tuesday linky party with a great way to review content and collect data all at the same time.
About a month ago I came across this blog on Pinterest. In the post, Tonya at Tonya's Treats for Teachers explained how she had her students create the data tracker while they reviewed a test.
I immediately fell in love with the idea so I tried it last week. I decided to try it while my class was playing a game to review for our geometry unit.
This is how it works.
1. I made and printed strips of paper numbered 1-24. Making the strips was simple. I just created a table in Microsoft Word then cut it into strips.
2. I passed out the strips to my students and asked them to write their initials in the first space.
3. We started our review. The questions were on the smartboard and students wrote their answers on small dry erase boards. I gave them a couple of minutes to write their answers and then they held up their boards to reveal their answers. Once answers were revealed, we discussed the question and I then gave the correct answer.
4. If students got the answer wrong, they were asked to color in the corresponding rectangle.
5. When we were finished, I collected the strips and glued them to a file folder. I can now see which questions we really need to go back and review. I can also very easily see which students are struggling most with geometry.
Here is the final product.
WHAT WORKED
I loved the fact that I could easily collect the data I needed to tell that they were not completely ready for the assessment. I also loved that it required very little effort from me because there is definitely a limited amount of time to get everything done.
Students were also very honest when filling out their chart. We had a discussion about that it was important to be honest so that when I looked at the data I knew exactly who needed help, so being honest would benefit them.
WHAT I WILL CHANGE
Next time I will make sure that all students are only writing in the appropriate spaces. (One of my scholars decided to write her initials in the space when she got the question correct. I didn't see it until we were almost done.) I will also make the spaces shorter. There were 3 students absent so they all fit. Next time I use it I will change the size so that all strips will fit. It would have also been better if students had done a better job at coloring in the boxes. I think I will require all students to us a crayon or marker next time.
I plan to use this idea again. Students were able to see their data immediately which I love.
I hope this is an idea that you can try in your classroom. Stop by Fourth Grade Flipper to see what other teachers are doing in their classrooms.
What an awesome way for students to self assess! I love how you reflected on what worked and what you could change. Thank you so much for the inspiration and for linking up:)
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Fourth Grade Flipper
I love this idea. I do something very similar with SMART response notebooks BUT that takes a lot of time to set up and I can see this being really great when you want to know what your students know but don't want to spend an hour on the computer setting up an assessment. I think I might print off strips with 5, 10 and 20 rectangles so that I have them at the ready in the classroom. Thanks for the great tip!!
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