Tonights class assignment

Got kicked out of class so got the definitions offline. 

Authentic assessment is the measurement of "intellectual accomplishments that are worthwhile, significant, and meaningful," as contrasted to multiple choice standardized tests. Authentic assessment can be devised by the teacher, or in collaboration with the student by engaging student voice.”

Formative assessment, including diagnostic testing, is a range of formal and informal assessment procedures conducted by teachers during the learning process in order to modify teaching and learning activities to improve student attainment.

Summative assessment (or summative evaluation) refers to the assessment of participants where the focus is on the outcome of a program. This contrasts with formative assessment, which summarizes the participants' development at a particular time.

If  I had to make an authentic assessment I would do it for the lesson I did on perimeter and area for fourth grade. It would be something like giving them a picture with the dimensions and ask them to find the perimeter and the area and find out why they say it is what they said it was. 

CSSR Anchor Charts

I liked this strategy because it allows the students to use knowledge they have and knowledge they have around them before they ask for my answers to their questions. I like that it is broken down into different parts and if they get the information they need in the first part they continue to read and if not they move on down through the 4 parts until they do find out what information they need. I could use this in a lesson that is based on terms such as math terms. Also If I was teaching unit on a book and the students come to words that they do not know they can follow these steps that will be posted in the classroom and this strategy will be used more than once so the students will come to be use to doing this.

DRTA GMA

DTRA is something that allows the student to stop at different points in the text and have questions to answer such as what do you think is going to happen based on the title. This will help figure out what we as teachers would need to have in the lesson.

GMA-  This is something that could help the students comprehend what they have just read. It gives the beginning middle and end. It also allows the students to see the information such as the title and the authors and the main characters. It makes them think about it better.

For math I could use the DTRA as an opener. When starting a new topic such as fractions I could say something such as what do you know about fractions and things like that. I do not remember having to read a math book in school the teacher just went over the things in class but if they did read a math book it would allow me to ask questions about the text so I know that they have read and understand.

Not so sure as to how to use the GMA for math but maybe when cause and effect is being taught it could be used for them to show me what happens in each step.

Missing In Action

I was not able to be in class last week do to the fact that my beautiful daughter was asked to model for a huge photography convention. I know that I missed so much and I loved that I could learn and see what was going on through all of the blogs. From last week I also learned that little children can be very entertaining and that even if we are not in a classroom setting there is always things to learn about. We got to see bridges and landmarks that Annabelle was able to ask questions about. She learned a lot about trains and how to work with other adults when it comes to taking direction. I was impressed that she was able to learn so much when we were not there to do so. She helped me see that children can be interested in many things even when they have not even thought about it. She asked questions about things I would have never mentioned. It showed me that even if it is not something I think students might be interested in to allow them to see things that are different. They might even teach you something!