This week we decided to wrap up the book study in and of itself and use our final week next Wednesday to finish designing a Number Sense kit. The study group that also meets in person is going to put together a kit that teachers can use to remediate some important concepts within the broad spectrum of what we call number sense.
Using the Learning Trajectory on page 9 as a guide, the team is going to pull together a series of leveled activities to help with subitizing. In addition to materials, we want to include a teacher's guide.
Stay tuned for next week's post! It'll include a freebie or two for you! For now I hope you'll read below and join the conversation.
Discussion Questions
Q1- Consider Shumway’s discussion about mistakes in the classroom:
“Through the course of the year, as we build a supportive community of learners…” (Shumway, p. 130)
In what ways do I, as the teacher, support an environment that encourages mistakes?
Q2- What does student reflection look like in my classroom? What implications does holding discussions have on written explanations?
Q3- “Formative assessment are ongoing, in-the-moment, dynamic processes that provide the teacher information during instruction. They are assessments for learning, because teachers use them to make instructional decisions and plan the next steps for student learning (Chappius and Chappius 2007/2008; Tomlinson 2007/2008).” (Shumway, page 137)
How does this definition fit with your idea of formative assessments? Can formative assessments be paperless? How would you keep track of and organize information collected from formative assessments?
Okay...So first off, I want a Number Sense Kit!
ReplyDelete#1. This is one of my favorite parts of the book! I always make mistakes in my classrooms. This lets the students know that no one is perfect and that even the teacher makes mistakes too! They usually call me out on it right away and I thank them and set the tone on what should happen if a mistake is made and that it is okay for that to happen. There has to be trust and understanding for students to try and maybe fall or fly.
#2. Well, formative assessments should drive your instruction. You are doing a temperature check to see whether or not your students are comprehending the standard or task and if you should change your instruction based off the student data. In Hernando County, formative assessments have to have a writing piece! So I would say parts could be paperless. An excellent way to keep the information collected and organized from formative assessments would be through the use of the Student Work Analysis Protocol. In the book, they called it Analyzing Student Work.