Assessments

1. Formative

1.1. Quizzes: These assessments let the teacher know if students are mastering their current objectives.

1.2. In class assignments: These assessments will help teachers notice strengths and weaknesses that will allow them to modify instruction before finishing the unit.

2. Interim/ Benchmark

2.1. Snapshot: These are practice assessments that evaluates students' mastery of objectives and prepares them for standardized tests.

2.2. Chapter test: These tests allow teachers to check for students's understanding.

3. Summative

3.1. End of unit assessment: These assessments will check if students mastered objectives at the end of the unit.

3.2. Essay projects: These are assessments where students have to prove what they have learned in class.

4. Performance

4.1. Presentations: Allow students to practice what they have cover in class.

4.2. Class projects: Class projects help students practice what it has been covered and also calls for higher levels of thinking.

5. Diagnostics

5.1. Pre-assessment or check for understanding test: It allow teachers to check prior knowledge as well as strengths and weaknesses of students.

5.2. Running records: It helps teachers find students reading level.

6. H.O.T Questions

6.1. Opening:

6.1.1. Of the book Discovery in The Americas: What do we know about Christopher Columbus?

6.1.2. What do you think this book is about when you see the title and the cover?

6.2. Guiding:

6.2.1. What did the Incas and the Mayas do to prove they were master farmers?

6.2.2. Why did Columbus land in the Americas?

6.3. Closing:

6.3.1. Pretend you are the author of the book and try to create a different outcome.

6.3.2. What is your opinion about wether Columbus actually discovered America?