Standard 3. a

We frequently administer several kinds of formative assessments in my fourth-grade class.  By focusing on the teaching and learning process and incorporating students as partners in it, formative assessment strengthens students’ “learning to learn” abilities. Additionally, it improves students’ abilities in self-and peer assessment and aids in the growth of a variety of efficient learning strategies. Quizzes, games, group projects, and homework are all part of these formative evaluations. Students are asked to finish their homework every night so they can check their understanding and prepare for upcoming tasks and assessments.  In addition to the homework, we also give each subject a mini-quiz and or exit tickets once we have covered a particular lesson.  For instance, we frequently conduct skills checks in math, which enable me to determine whether or not the kids are comprehending the particular material and/or reveal their strengths and shortcomings.  Also, we employ stations and a lot of group activities to not only encourage student collaboration but also to see how much they can do as a group by fusing all of their perspectives to complete a task that we love to watch them complete.  We typically provide summative evaluations towards the conclusion of the unit, and students can use their formative assessment resources to help them be ready for these exams.  Summative assessments are crucial because they contain a variety of questions drawn throughout the whole course that require students to critically evaluate all of the material they have learned to receive a passing score.  Also, summative assessments allow me to examine my students’ learning across the board and gauge their readiness for testing, as well as their capacity for long-term memory.