1. English SOL Institute October 26, 2015
Formative Assessment
English SOL Institute
October 26, 2015

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3. Formative Assessment 1: The Stop Light
No Idea!
I Might know something.
Yes, I am confident I know
something.

4. Formative Assessment 2: Pre-assessment
What is Formative Assessment?
Choose a color that best displays your understanding of this question.
(Hold it up!)
Look around the room. Who in the room needs “help”? Who seems to feel confident about formative assessments? What is the diversity of your group? At this time, relocate based on your cards to form groups that are mixed and balanced.

5. Formative Assessment 3: The Group Discussion with Teacher Observation

7. Success Criteria:
Demonstrate understanding of the purpose of formative assessment as a means to guide instruction and monitor understanding during a lesson.
Demonstrate the ability to implement formative assessment as a means to check understanding across content areas and standards of learning.
At this point use stop light responses to check understanding and evaluate if meeting success criteria.

8. Formative Assessment 4: Close Reading Discussion Grid
We use this grid to teach the concept of close reading. This grid then doubles as tool to guide discussion among students in reading groups.

9. Talk through the Close Reading Plan outline.

10. Show and example of the Close Reading Plan in Action.

11. Formative Assessment 5: Steps to Passage Deconstruction
This form allows students to walk through a passage, create and answer questions, and use reading strategies to increase comprehension. (Not to mention it covers most basic reading SOLs at one time!)

14. To find more information:
Access the following weebly webpage to view videos, read articles, and find more information about Formative Assessment.
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15. Presenters & Email Andrew Graham (6th Grade) agraham@rcps.org
Joanna Forrester (3rd Grade)

16. Sources
images:
(image, page 2)
videos (for presentation and idea development)
forms/books:
25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom © Judith Dodge, Scholastic Teaching Resources.
articles/presentations: