1. Assessment Alternatives By: Erika Liebel & Marsha Harrell

2. Vocabulary Assessments Vocab-u-logues Crossword Puzzles Story writing Multiple choice quizzes Jigsaw Puzzles Vocab cards Vocab Concentration Who Am I Flash Cards Jeopardy Sentence writing Illustrations Graphic Organizers

3. Vocabulogues Students in pairs. Each group gets a word. Students have 5 to 10 minutes of class time or assign for homework Students come up with a skit in which the students use 3-5 forms of the word in the dialogue Variation – students do not use the word in the dialogue but the skit acts out the meaning

4. Crossword Puzzles Use a crossword generator to create crossword puzzles: Discover Education Instant Online Puzzle Maker Instant Online Puzzle Maker The Teachers Corner

5. Story Writing Have students use the five words of the week in a story (paragraph). Even though the words may be unrelated it makes for a humorous and creative story.

6. Multiple Choice Tests/Quizzes Still an option, questions and answers can be thought provoking rather than rote response.

7. Jigsaw Puzzles Create word and definition jigsaw puzzles or quilts http://create- vocabulary- puzzles.winsite.com/ http://create- vocabulary- puzzles.winsite.com/

8. Vocabulary Cards Quick Assessment Students make cards (3x5) of the words without the definitions Teacher quizzes the whole class on the definitions and students hold up the word they think it is on their forehead. Prism

9. Concentration On an even number of cards write the vocab words on half of them and definitions on the other half, then play the matching game as usual.

10. Who Am I? For each word make a card that says “I am … I am looking for …” a student will stand and read his/her card the student holding the match will join that student and read their card and so on. I am looking for a four legged animal with fur that says meow. I am a cat and I am looking for a body of water that spans from Texas to Florida

11. Flash Cards Cards can be traditional with words on one side and definitions on the other Cards can be words on one side and word used in a sentence on the other

12. Jeopardy You can create vocabulary Jeopardy games For Jeopardy PowerPoint templates Educational Technology Network Educational Technology Network

13. Sentence Writing You can have students create original sentences using the word. Modify and use sentence stems

14. Illustrations Have students illustrate the meanings of the words

15. Graphic Organizers Organizers can incorporate many assessment types in one organizer.

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