Assessment+Tools



Formative Assessment Probe: Where Do Stars Go? Volume 3 page 191 This probe has an opinion of 5 students. The students are to read the opinions and decide which student they agree with and list why. This probe is important because it gets students thinking about stars and wondering about questions they may have about stars.
 * Assessment Tools: Bailey**

First Word- Last Word I think this would be a good formative assessment to use for students learning about the planets. First, you spell out the name of each planet and for each letter they write something they already know about that planet. After activities have been conducted on each planet, the students would do the last word part the same way, but labeling things they have learned.

Concept Cartoons I think this would be another good assessment for students to have. You could make a cartoon about the different planets, and pass them out to children or, you could have the students make up their own cartoons, including information they have learned.

Formative assessment Probe- Solar Eclipse Volume 4 page 173 The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about eclipses. The probe is designed to find out what students think hap- pens during a solar eclipse.
 * Space: Kelsey**

**FACTS**- I want to use this assessment for after the lesson has been taught to see how much of the material was grasped. I would make eight different Lists (one for each of the planets) and see if the students can identify the properties of that planet.
 * 1) 38- Odd One Out

I want to use this activity to give students a chance to talk amongst one another to see what they do know off the top of their heads about the planets.
 * 1) 47- PVF Paired Verbal Fluency

Formative Assessment Probe- Darkness at Night Volume 2, page 171 The purpose of this probe is to elicit students' ideas about the day/night cycle. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the Earth’s rotation is responsible for the day/night cycle.
 * Space: Jaime Eversole **

I want to use this formative assessment because it's quick and easy, and I can get a feel for how interested the students are. I'll use it at the beginning of my lesson to see how interested students are in the solar system. Then, I'll use it again at the end of the lesson to see if their interest went up or down after the lesson was taught. It will also help me know how well I taught the lesson, and hopefully gain more interest from the students.
 * FACTs-**
 * 26: Interest Scale

I really like this formative assessment because it's a great way to quiz the class without them knowing it. I would use this at the end of my lesson, and ask questions about the solar system, and some of its properties. I like it because I can call on any student at random, and if they don't know the answer it will embarrass them a little bit, this way when the correct answer is addressed that embarrassed student will learn it more than if they weren't embarrassed. I wouldn't purposely call on a student who obviously doesn't know the answer, but I like that it's random.
 * 37: No-Hands Questioning