Well, last week I hit a lot of snags in my GAME plan. However, this week I think I've made a little head way. Just today my new math materials were delivered. I was able to pack up the old and unpack the new, just what I want to be doing two days before schools out. At least they arrived before summer began. Now I will be able to begin to unpack the curriculum, exam the standards and benchmarks and see where things align with our guaranteed viable curriculum. Once I have done this, I will be able to start creating formative and summative assessments for my Smart Board and responders.
I spoke with both my old instructional coach (that's going back into the classroom) and my new instructional coach and they both had great suggestions for me. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew and they both suggested that I create assessments for the first half of the math curriculum this summer. Once I have that under way, I can test them out on my class and make adjustments as I go. If I see success and don't run into any glitches then I can continue to create the rest of my assessments.
I think that eating the elephant in small bites will help with my burn out. I don't want to take on too much this summer and end up exhausted before the new school year even starts up. So away I will go unpacking!
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Don't forget to check and see what assessments are already created for the Smart Board. At my school we have a Promethean Board - and I have found a ton of ready made flipcharts online that I can use in my class. I assume that Smart Board would have the same as well. You can also search for Powerpoint slideshows and easily put those onto something that will run on your Smart Board too.
ReplyDeleteHave fun unpacking your new math materials!
Toby Abrahamsen
6th grade L/A
Toby,
ReplyDeleteI have a ton of pre-made assessments that I've found for the Smart Board. It's handy not having to reinvent the wheel! I'll definitely have to consider using some of the assessments that I already have. Thanks for the tip :)
I think it is a good strategy to start piece by piece and see how things work. It is good to start this way and adjust then to go fully into it and then have to throw away the entire thing. It is definitely more safe the way you mentioned.
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