Thinking Like An Assessor

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS

English Language Arts Standards: Reading Foundational Skills: Kindergarten

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.D

Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Unpacking the Standard

1. To recognize all uppercase letters of the alphabet.
2. To recognize all lowercase letters of the alphabet.
3. To name all uppercase letters of the alphabet.
4. To name all lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Smart Objectives

1. Students will be able to distinguish all uppercase letters of the alphabet.
2. Students will be able to distinguish all lowercase letters of the alphabet.
3. Students will be able to name all uppercase letters of the alphabet.
4. Students will be able to name all lowercase letters of the alphabet.
5. Students will be able to match uppercase letters with their corresponding lowercase letters.

Formative Assessment

The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.

Blocks/Legos: Ask students to "build" the letter you say.

Exit Song (Ticket): Ask students to sing the ABC song when lined up to exit the classroom.

Find Your Partner: Pass out uppercase letters to one group of students, then pass out lowercase letters to another group of students. Students must then go around finding their corresponding letter-partner.

Mini White Board: Ask students to write the letter you say on their individual mini white board.

Self-Reporting (Fingers Up!): Students hold up their fingers, with the number representing how much they think they know the alphabet. One meaning, "I need a lot of help." Five meaning, "I know it all."

Summative Assessment

The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.

Alphabet Book: Students will create their own alphabet book by drawing, cutting, pasting all the letters (uppercase and lowercase) of the alphabet in correct alphabetical order.

Alphabet Puzzle: Students will do an alphabet puzzle consisting of placing together uppercase letters with their corresponding lowercase letters.

Handouts: Students fill in the blanks with the missing letters of the alphabet. Students match letters with their corresponding letter-partner by cutting and pasting them together.

References

Gathering Evidence Of Student Achievement. (2017). Google Docs. Retrieved 27 May 2017, from

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nzhdnyMQmio5lNT75ITB45rHyLISHEEHZlHTWJRqLmQ/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p

University, C. (2017). Formative vs Summative Assessment-Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation - Carnegie Mellon University. Cmu.edu. Retrieved 27 May 2017, from

https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summative.html