One game is calling out a
question to answer or a word or sentence to spell, giving the groups
twenty or thirty seconds to write the answer (and telling them not to
raise their board until I say time is up), and then having them show me
the answer. The groups with
the correct answer get a point. This way everyone has an
opportunity to score a point, not just the first one with the answer. I’ll sometimes end this game, and
others, with an opportunity for each team to bet all or part of their
points on the last question (like in “Final Jeopardy”).
Barbara Lindsey on 10 Mar 15In this blog post, contributors Libby Woodfin, Tony Frontier, Laura Cabrera and Alice Mercer provide examples of the power of formative assessment to improve student learning. I was especially intrigued with first grader Austin and how his classmates used concrete, descriptive feedback to help him improve his scientific drawing of a butterfly. Check out the link! This would be a great article to assign for a PLC text-based discussion using any of the protocols described by Venables on pp. 85-87 in his book, Turning Data into Action.
