Standard+5


 * Standard 5: Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning **

The teacher: a. aligns classroom instruction with assessment. b. communicates assessment criteria and standards to all students and parents. c. understands and uses the results of multiple assessments to guide planning and instruction. d. guides students in goal setting and assessing their own learning. e. provides substantive, timely, and constructive feedback to students and parents. f. works with staff and building and district leadership in analysis of student progress.

• Description of artifact: //Screenshot of the 1st grade book care summative assessment//
 * Artifact for Standard 5.a--Book Care Unit, 1st Grade (2017 - 18) **

• Describe why you chose this artifact to meet the standard and criteria : // A learning target for first grade students is that they will describe how to take appropriate care of library books. During library lessons, we read books, watch videos, and participate in role play activities that show proper book care. As formative assessments, students participate in picture sorts and respond on handouts. This summative assessment uses many of the same scenarios or similar pictures to assess what students know about correct book care. //
 * Artifact for Standard 5.b **
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 * Artifact for Standard 5.c--Poll Everywhere and Handwritten Note Taking Assessment Results (2011 - 12) **
 * • Description of artifact: **// Screenshot of Poll Everywhere assessment results //


 * • Description of choice as it relates to the standard: **// During a lesson regarding note taking and citing sources, I created polls using the site Poll Everywhere as a means to assess students' understanding of paraphrasing, quoting directly, and creating a works cited page. The site offers results in real time--students' information is not displayed, just the number of responses--and I can return to the site to compare these results with the handwritten formative assessment I also included in the lesson. It was an interesting comparison to see students' handwritten assessments, which demonstrated their understanding of paraphrasing and quoting directly, with their anonymous responses on Poll Everywhere. It seemed to be the case that students assessed their understanding at a proficient level when, indeed, their handwritten responses largely showed that most were at a developing or beginning level of understanding for this concept. After examining the results, I shared with the classroom teacher what I had found, so that he could address students' strengths and weaknesses with these skills. //

• Description of artifact: // Screen shots of students' research reflections //
 * Artifact for Standard 5.d--Students' Research Project Final **** Reflections (2017 - 18) **

• Describe why you chose this artifact to meet the standard and criteria : // Fourth and fifth grade students complete a research project over the course of several cycles, and I wanted to gather feedback re: their learning and their project work. Through Google Classroom I was able to share multiple students' projects within a class, and students could also then reflect on what went well, what needs continued work, and something they learned throughout the process. It's not often that I ask students to assess their own learning, but after working on this project and using this reflection, I know that I'll be using this and revisions of it. What's missing is the goal setting piece. I do plan to include this when I teach this research unit in the coming year, and I'm eager to see, then, how students will connect their goal setting to their reflections. //


 * Artifact for Standard 5.e **
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• Description of artifact: //Screenshot of the MS Stat Book related to our Student Services PLC//
 * Artifact for Standard 5.f--MS Student Services PLC Stat Book (2014 - 15) **

• Describe why you chose this artifact to meet the standard and criteria : //I am a member of the Student Services PLC at the Middle School. We meet regularly to discuss a variety of students and various concerns, such as those related to grades and academic progress, and attendance. In analyzing the data, we consider how we can best meet students' needs.//



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