Session+Five

=Session Five: Formative Assessment and Readiness and Their Impact on Lesson Planning=


 * Outcomes:** Participants will
 * participate in a simulation of determining and responding to readiness
 * explore strategies for formative assessment
 * receive feedback from colleague about data collection in a lesson plan

ACTIVATE YOUR THINKING

 * I. Opening Activity**: **Knot Tying 101**
 * 1) Rate your readiness level in knot tying (1= low, 5= high)
 * 2) Take the pre-assessment.
 * 3) Choose a tool to deepen your knowledge on the topic.
 * 4) Take the formative assessment.
 * 5) Analyze this process from the perspective of readiness, formative assessment, data collection, and differentiation. Post your thoughts on our Wallwisher wall.

Resources:
Animated Knots.com

[|How to tie knots website]

[|The six Boy Scout knots]

[|eHow Knot Tying Video Series]

Formative and Pre-Assessment



II. Share the results of the differentiated activity and data collection tool you implemented.

DEEPEN YOUR KNOWLEDGE
I**II. Use the resources on the Continuous Assessment page of the Dare to Differentiate wiki to discover new formative assessment ideas. Write each idea on an index card/stickie note.**

High Five Cross-Pollination activity of formative assessment strategies




 * IV. Trade you lesson plan and analyze a fellow participant's lesson plan for data collection. Suggest enhancements for formative data collection.**


 * V. 2nd hour work: Deepen Your Knowledge about Readiness and Formative Assessment**

Go to the Curriculum Associates online professional development modules on Differentiated Instruction. Do lesson 2:




 * VI. Reflection and feedback on today's session**

APPLY IT TO YOUR PRACTICE

 * VII. Homework**: Bring a set of student work and your lesson plans to next session. Heighten your awareness of the connection between formative data you collect about your students and the intentional decisions you make in your lesson planning. Write a reflection on this topic and post it in the Discussion area of this session's wikipage by ___.