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Includes these free downloads: *Writing Questionnaire *Notebook Assessment Form *Beginning of the Year Assessment *50 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

We are looking for classrooms all over the USA (and the World!) who would like to fill out our questionnaire about your school and then send them to us electronically (you could use the mail if you really wanted to, any information would be great). Once we receive a response, we will post the information about your school here.

"The ultimate goal of teaching is to do just that - teach, not stand up in the front of the room and talk. But sometimes it's easier to talk than to teach, as we all know, especially when we need to cover a lot of material in a short amount of time. We hope students will understand, if not now then before test time, and we keep our fingers crossed that their results will indicate we've done our job. The problem is, we rely on these tests to measure understanding, and then we move on. Few of us take the time to address weaknesses and misunderstandings after the tests have been graded, and by that time it's too late for students to be interested. This means we need to rethink how we approach assessment during class. The most effective way to test student understanding is to do it while the lesson's still going on. Asking students to fill out a questionnaire and then correcting misunderstandings during the next class period won't work because students have already moved on. You've got to take advantage of the moment. If you hope to spend the majority of your time getting through to students, and not just talking, then understanding must be measured and dealt with as soon as the first frown appears on a face. "