Assessment Strategies – 3^rd Grade Students

Goals

Sub-Goals

(Objectives)

Type of Learning

Assessment Strategy/Feedback Strategy

  Use music

Students tie lyrics of songs to learning about measuring through use of 2 songs

Complex thinking; Cognitive – knowledge and analysis; psycho-motor skills; visualization; recall

Observe how well students are able to read the lyrics, how well they feel the tempo and seem to grasp the beat (beat ties to measuring)

  Use standard 1-ft.

  ruler to measure

  in inches

Students are able to master hand-eye coordination so that they identify the marks on the rulers and can measure objects

Complex thinking;

Cognitive – evaluate and synthesis;

Complex thinking –cognitive, comprehension and psycho-motor

Through informal and formal assessment, determine how well students can measure – a hope is that they begin to think about objects they would like to have later in life – for example, thinking about carpeting in the house they’ll have when grown – how measuring would be important

Use standard 1-ft. ruler to measure more than 1 foot

Be able to work with peers to identify accomplish measurements;

develop eye-hand coordination

Complex thinking;

Collaboration & cooperation; Cognitive –

application;

analysis; psycho-motor

Informal and formal assessments as mentioned above

Professional development

of the teacher

Mentoring successfully;

lesson plan development

Complex thinking on many levels

Collaboration and Mentor-mentee reinforcement