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Component 4 Assessment Section

by mathinmiddle

Feb 11, 2017

I'm an EA Math Candidate and I'm looking for some feedback on this idea for the assessment section of C4. I welcome any and all feedback! Sorry it's so long...

Anyway, my beginning of the year parent feedback sheet for this class indicated that many of my students had struggled with fractions in the past. I talked with the previous grade's math teachers and they confirmed that these students struggle with fractions and number sense in general. Additionally, about 1/3 of the class are English Language Learners (intermediate level). Approx. 80&37; of these students also scored below or well-below standard on the Math SBAC last spring.

Given all of this info. on these students, I looked to my upcoming unit (Real Numbers) and knew I could use this knowledge of my students to adapt my unit. Since they will need to compare and order numbers in different forms I will first re-teach / review how to convert between fractions and decimals. Then I will formatively assess jus...See More

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What Works Yes, this sounds on track - and like you've given it a lot of tthought! Good Luck!

On 2/11/17, mathinmiddle wrote: > I'm an EA Math Candidate and I'm looking for some feedback > on this idea for the assessment section of C4. I welcome > any and all feedback! Sorry it's so long... > > Anyway, my beginning of the year parent f...See MoreYes, this sounds on track - and like you've given it a lot of tthought! Good Luck!

On 2/11/17, mathinmiddle wrote: > I'm an EA Math Candidate and I'm looking for some feedback > on this idea for the assessment section of C4. I welcome > any and all feedback! Sorry it's so long... > > Anyway, my beginning of the year parent feedback sheet for > this class indicated that many of my students had struggled > with fractions in the past. I talked with the previous > grade's math teachers and they confirmed that these > students struggle with fractions and number sense in > general. Additionally, about 1/3 of the class are English > Language Learners (intermediate level). Approx. 80&37; of > these students also scored below or well-below standard on > the Math SBAC last spring. > > Given all of this info. on these students, I looked to my > upcoming unit (Real Numbers) and knew I could use this > knowledge of my students to adapt my unit. Since they will > need to compare and order numbers in different forms I will > first re-teach / review how to convert between fractions > and decimals. Then I will formatively assess just this > skill to make sure everyone is ready to move on. Then I > wlll teach students to categorize numbers as real, > rational, irrational, integers, whole, and/or natural. > Because so many of my students are English Language > Learners I will consult first with our ELL Teacher and my > in-service resources for ideas for how to best teach all of > that vocabulary. Then I will formatively assess again to be > sure we can move on. Then we move on to finding exact and > approximate square and cube roots which reinforces the > concept of irrational numbers (and maybe do another quick > exit ticket or something to formatively assess). And lastly > students will put it all together to classify numbers and > to compare and order numbers written in different forms > which requires converting numbers into different forms. > Then I will summatively assess. Also, I think I wlll have > the students do their self-assessment along with the first > formative. > > Does this sound like what NBCT is looking for?

Feb 12, 2017

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