CCLM 2013-2014 Homework Assignments
Check(Ö) / Homework Description / Date Homework Assigned / Date Homework Due
FA: Reflection: List four big ideas that were new learning for you about Sound Design.
Then, reflect on and explain one “key” idea that you would like to think more about in relation to your classroom assessment. / September 10 / October 8
FA: Working with your November learning targets, either write your own assessment item or find an assessment item from the suggested resources that will reveal evidence of student learning. At least one of your targets should be a reasoning target. Consider the learning from Chapter 4 as you put together your assessment item(s). / October 15 / November 5
SBAC: Working with your Note Taking Guide for Claims 2, 3, 4, write a summary of the “essential properties” of tasks specific to Claims 2, 3 and 4.
Write a summary explaining why this information is important for us as mathematics teachers and leaders in our schools and districts to know and understand. / October 15 / November 5
SBAC: Choose one of the problems for the Tape Diagram book that is appropriate to your grade level. Give this task to your students and then bring a selection of student work to the next class. (2-4 samples) / November 5 / December 3
FA: Choose one or two of the ideas below to imbed into your classroom practice for your unit in November. Reflect on how you structured the assessment ideas and how it impacted student learning. Be prepared to share this in December. (Approx. 2-3 paragraphs)
Assessment for Learning Using Assessment Blueprints
• Differentiate subsequent instruction after giving a quiz or test, by grouping students according to which learning targets they had trouble with.
• Share the blueprint with students at the outset to make the learning targets clearer.
• Share the blueprint with the students and ask them to identify where each day’s instruction fits.
• Share the blueprint with students and have them write practice test questions periodically for each cell, as a form of focused review. / November 5 / December 3
FA: Alignment Project/Assessment Blueprint Plan: / December 3 / January 21