1. How Do You Know What They Know? Formative Assessment Strategies Cindy Gay Steamboat Springs HS Acacia McCombs NM School for the Arts Tamara Pennington Windsor HS Robin Walters Sand Creek HS

2. Workshop Goals Consider how to purposefully incorporate formative assessment strategies I 2 -WIS/WIM CCCR to assess science understanding Discuss implications for teaching

3. Scientific Thinking Ask reasonable questions Generate testable explanations Collect, represent and analyze data Interpret results Use evidence to construct and evaluate explanations Communicate findings

4. So… How do you know if they can do all this? Formative Assessment! But… What, exactly, is formative assessment?

5. Traffic Lights

6. Snowball Fight

7. http://www.learner.org/resources/series26.html

8. Put On Your Student Hat

9. How Can You Measure Photosynthesis?

10. Traffic Lights

11. Measuring Photosynthesis

12. Photosynthesis Lab apcentral.collegeboard.com http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap /bio-manual/Bio_Lab5-Photosynthesis.pdf

13. Identify and Interpret (I 2 ) Strategy

14. Identify and Interpret 3 steps:  Identify  Interpret  Caption

15. Step 1: Identify What I See Identify any changes, trends, or differences Draw arrows, write a WIS comment for each arrow Be concise Just what can be observed Do not explain meaning

16. Step 1: Identify What I See What I see: an upward slope between Feb. and July What I see: a peak in July What I see: a downward slope Between July and Dec.

17. Step 2: Interpret What It Means Interpret the meaning of each WIS statement with a WIM comment Do not try to interpret the whole graph

18. Step 2: Interpret What It Means What I see: an upward slope between Feb. and July What I see: a peak in July What I see: a downward slope Between July and Dec. What it means: The average temperature in the city increases between Feb. and July. What it means: The hottest average temperatures in the city happen in July. The city must be in the northern hemisphere. What it means; The average temperature in the city decreases between July and Dec.

19. Step 3: Caption Write a caption for the graph. Start with a topic sentence that describes what the graph shows. Join each WIS with its WIM to make a sentence. Build a coherent paragraph from the sentences.

20. Step 3: Caption What I see: an upward slope between Feb. and July What I see: a peak in July What I see: a downward slope Between July and Dec. What it means: The average temperature in the city increases between Feb. and July. What it means: The hottest average temperatures in the city happen in July. The city must be in the northern hemisphere. What it means; The average temperature in the city decreases between July and Dec. This graph shows the average temperature in a city over a year. There is an upward slope from Feb. to July, showing that there is an increase in the average temperature during these months. There is a downward slope from July to Dec., which means the average temperature decreases during this time. There is a peak in July, which shows the hottest average temperature in the city happens in July. This peak also means that the city must be in the Northern Hemisphere.

21. Step 3: Caption What I see: an upward slope between Feb. and July What I see: a peak in July What I see: a downward slope Between July and Dec. What it means: The average temperature in the city increases between Feb. and July. What it means: The hottest average temperatures in the city happen in July. The city must be in the northern hemisphere. What it means; The average temperature in the city decreases between July and Dec. This graph shows the average temperature in a city over a year. There is an upward slope from Feb. to July, showing that there is an increase in the average temperature during these months. There is a downward slope from July to Dec., which means the average temperature decreases during this time. There is a peak in July, which shows the hottest average temperature in the city happens in July. This peak also means that the city must be in the Northern Hemisphere.

22. What Factors Affect the Rate of Photosynthesis?

23. Consider- Contribute-Consult- Revise (CCCR) Strategy

24. Step 1: Consider Completed individually Select a variable that might affect rate of PSN Design an experiment to test your variable Write in complete sentences Sketches are clear with labels

25. Step 2: Contribute Completed in pairs – choose someone from another group Student A Contribute your ideas Read your sentences aloud, word for word – don’t add any additional explanation Explain your sketches carefully, including labels Answer any questions Watch partner for signs of confusion Partners switch Student B Listen quietly Ask questions to understand your partner’s work Take notes about feedback to give your partner Was everything correct? Was everything clear? Would an example help?

26. Step 3: Consult Completed in pairs Student A Consult your partner to get feedback Listen to feedback Ask questions about the feedback Carefully consider the feedback Partners switch Student B Offer advice to improve your partner’s work Answer any questions your partner has

27. Step 4: Revise Completed individually Revise your work based on problems you discovered on your own Decide which partner advice was useful; include these ideas use a different colored pen for revisions For feedback not leading to revision, describe why you chose not to use it

28. Revise Your Experimental Design

29. Traffic Lights

30. Formative Assessment In Your Practice

31. Resources!

32. Traffic Lights

33. Strategies  Entrance Survey (Dots at the Door)  Traffic Lights  Probes/Snowballs  Eavesdropping/Interviews  I 2  Gallery Walk  CCCR

34. Reflection How do these strategies fit your definition of formative assessment? How can they help determine student understanding? What are the implications for your teaching practice?

35. Thank You!!! Cindy Gay cindyjgay@gmail.com Acacia McCombs amccombs@nmschoolforthearts.org Tamara Pennington tamara.pennington@weldre4.k12.co.us Robin Walters robinwalters63@gmail.com http://cgay.pbworks.com