November 4, 2008

For the first part of class today, a group presented their midterm presentation project. The project was over the 4 Seasons. They discussed different ways in which a teacher could integrate different activities and lessons into their classroom over the four seasons. They also displayed a video that would be a great visualization for students on how the seasons change year round.

During the last part of our class, we discussed what kinds of assessments we have conducted already. Then we talked about the different types of assessments we use, as teachers, and why we use those specific assessments. The achievement and opportunity to learn must be assessed correctly. Teacher flexibility is very important when dealing with the your classroom and also when using assessments. Assessments should be deliberately designed to help the students. Also assessment procedures need to be consistent. Students should have many opportunities to demonstrate achievements. Teachers also need to make assessments purposeful. It is important that students have varied assessments. The timing of assessments is very critical. We then went on to discuss the 5 E's of Seamless Assessment. During this time, we discussed what each five were and how to implement them in our classrooms.