Mini-Lesson Assessment

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Active Learning | Adoption Level

Subject: Math

Video Transcription

[Teacher voiceover]

The mini lesson assessment we do weekly. They’re just an assessment based on our sunshine state standards, and each one has a different standard, so we work through it throughout the week. At the end of the week we have our mini lesson assessment, and we use smart sync as one of our resources.

Of course, some people have the smart responders. Since we have the mobile laptop cart, our students actually use the mobile laptop cart as their response system so they’re able to work through each question. Of course they can use the smart tools to help them work it out, so instead of using scratch paper, they can use the smart tools to help them solve each problem.

The cool thing for me as a teacher is that it automatically grades it. Because there’s a little more prep time, however, once they finish the assessment the question is already graded. So we can look at each question and I look at the percentages. It calculates the percents, and the students enjoy seeing which questions they had correct and the ones that they had wrong.

Video Transcription
[Teacher voiceover]

The mini lesson assessment we do weekly. They’re just an assessment based on our sunshine state standards, and each one has a different standard, so we work through it throughout the week. At the end of the week we have our mini lesson assessment, and we use smart sync as one of our resources.

Of course, some people have the smart responders. Since we have the mobile laptop cart, our students actually use the mobile laptop cart as their response system so they’re able to work through each question. Of course they can use the smart tools to help them work it out, so instead of using scratch paper, they can use the smart tools to help them solve each problem.

The cool thing for me as a teacher is that it automatically grades it. Because there’s a little more prep time, however, once they finish the assessment the question is already graded. So we can look at each question and I look at the percentages. It calculates the percents, and the students enjoy seeing which questions they had correct and the ones that they had wrong.

Objectives

  • Students complete an assessment using Smart Notebook and the Smart Notebook tools to solve each problem.

Procedure

  • At the end of the week, students take a test using Smart Notebook to check their understanding of their standards.

Technology Present

  • Laptop for each student
  • Smart Notebook Software

Grade Level: 3-5

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Video Reference Number: 1046

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