Not sure how March has already come and gone (almost)! This past week I taught two lessons in my clinical placement classroom. This was the first time I taught a full lesson to actual elementary schoolers, so to say I was nervous is an understatement. But, it went so well! The kids were so interested to learn about Amelia Earhart. As their final activity they had to write a newspaper article for the "Earhart Times" that was about Amelia Earhart. It could be a letter to her, about her childhood, or whatever they wanted, as long as it fit the criteria. The kids absolutely loved it! I had to force them to stop working on it because we were out of time. Reading over there articles has been so much fun! This is definitely an activity I will want to use in my future classroom.
This week in my outside research I found another formative assessment method. The method is called misconception check. First you present students with a common misconception about a topic. Ask students to agree or disagree and then explain their decision. This can help you understand if this misconception is true in your own classroom and help correct it if it does. This connects to standard 4A, teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of their students. This is because teachers can see the student's thought process concerning that particular misconception and helps them plan accordingly.
Colleen, I'm so glad that your lessons went so well! It's always encouraging to see when our students are excited with the work that we give them. I like the misconception check that you talked about. I think that is a great way to see where our students are struggling and know up front where they may have misunderstandings about the topic. I think I would definitely use this formative assessment tool in my future classroom to help my students.
ReplyDeleteColleen, I am so glad that your lessons went well in the classroom. I am nervous for mine as well, hopefully I will have a good experience like yours! I put the misconception check strategy in my resource kit and I will definitely use it in my future classroom.
ReplyDeleteColleen, I am glad your lessons went well! The misconception check is a great strategy! Add this to your resource list!
ReplyDeleteColleen, I got to spend some time in my clincal this week too! Glad that your teachings went well! That misconception check is a great assessment. I looked it up and it would be great to use in the classroom.
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