Assessment+Tools

Formative Assessment Probe # 17 Vol. 1 (Keely) Is It Living? This assessment will show how children reason when they decide if something is living or nonliving. They will find out that all living things are made of cells, from one to many millions and are usually only visible through a microscope. FA # 17 (Keely pg. 93) **FIST TO FIVE-** Students will show their level of comprehension as they examine fabric swatches using ordinary vision, hand lenses, and a microsope. They will hold up five fingers if they completely understand, one if they somewhat understand, and a closed fist if they do not understand any of the activity. FA # 42 (Keely p.151,152) **A PICTURE TELLS A** **THOUSAND WORDS-**Teacher will take pictures of students and as they construct cells with playdoh. After the cells are completed, students will review the pictures of themselves and explain what they were doing in the picture. || Formative Assessment: Assessment Probe 15 Volume 3 Cells and Size This would be great to start out with. It will help the teacher see where the students are in cell knowledge. This assessment would be a great assessment to use during or after the lesson. The teacher will pose a question and give the students time to think. Students the pair up with a near by partner to discuss their ideas. After the pairs discuss, students share their ideas in a small-group or whole-class discussion. The teacher will ask the students one question that will be written on the board. This will be a multiple choice question. The students will write down A, B, C, or D on a post-it-note. Then, the students will give their sticky note to the teacher and the teacher will place them on the board in bar graph form. || Probe 18 Vol. 1 Is It Made Of Cells? This would be a great probe to start with because students start thinking what objects are made of cells. It would be a starting point to test what the students believe are made of cells as well as expose misconceptions about cells. Science Formative Assessment by Page Keeley This assessment would be great to have students sort out pictures or words of organelles and part of a cell. They can sort out the parts either to animal or plant cells. It would be a great way for students to see the similarities and the differences between the two cell structures. The teacher would have the students each list a part or organelle they are comfortable with. Next the students will ball up the paper and toss. The students will each grab a paper. The teacher would ask the question, "What is the function of your word in the cell and identify if it is in an animal or plant cell?" The students would then answer the question on their individual piece of paper about their word. || ||
 * **Assessment Tools**
 * FA Probes/FA from Textbook/Personal Creation**
 * STEMResources.com/Standardized Test Items** ||
 * **(Ramona)**
 * **(Whitney)**
 * 1) 61 Think-Pair-Share (pg. 192)
 * 1) 55 Sticky Bars (pg. 178-179)
 * **(Rachel)**
 * Formative Assessment Probe**
 * FACTS**
 * 4 Card Sort pg. 56-59**
 * 7 Commit and Toss pg. 65-68**
 * Standardized Test Items