10 tips and tricks to use engagement and formative assessment in the elementary math classroom
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10 tips and tricks to engage your students with math and formative
assessment in the classroom
Gary JohnstonSaigon South International School
April 18th, 2012
Overview-What you will LearnYou will be presented with and have the
opportunity to practice:5 Math “activities” that you can use in your
classroom to engage students, foster community relationships and help develop basic computational skills
5 Ways of assessing math “formatively” in a quick way that shows understanding of every single person in the classroom.
When to use theseBefore class or as a warm upDuring transitionsAs an energizerAfter a lessonAs a math center
Math Activities:1. Dangerous Digits2. Metacognitive Coaching3. Card Sharks4. Calendar Operations5. I have ______ who has _________?
Math Activity #1-Dangerous DigitsTimed ActivityIndicate that
students are going to have to find the +, -, X, of a number.
Put class in two lines and tell them a number.
If they get it wrong, remediate.
Struggling learners: easier problems.
Math Activity #2-Metacognitive CoachingOne person is the “student” who solves the problem, one is the teacher who “coaches”.
Student: Must vocalize their thinking out loud
Teacher: Cannot tell them if they’re right or wrong. Can ask questions such as:What strategy did you
use?How do you know you’re
correct?
QuestionBrenda’s father has five daughters. The names
of four of them are Cha-cha, Cheche, Chi-chi and and Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
a. Chuchub. Chychyc. Chu-chud. None of the above
Question:What is five days after two days ago?
Math Activity #3-Card SharksDivide students into groups
of 3-4 people. Maybe 5 in higher ability groups.
Cards are worth face value, face cards may be worth 11, 12, or 13.
All students put a card on their head without looking.
“Dealer” tells the sum and the other members use deduction and subtraction to find value of their card.
Whoever guesses correct is the new dealer!
Math Activity #4-Calender OperationsStart with the digits
of the calendar and then make an equation that includes all the digits using whatever operations you can think of!
Math Activity #5-I have_____ who has______?
Need to have enough “cards” for exactly the correct number of people in the room.
Teaches listening skills, focusing skills, group cooperation
Formative Assessment Methods
1. Thumbs Up2. Fist to Finger3. Numbered Responses4. Geoboards5. Exit Interviews
Formative Assessment #1-Thumbs UpUsed to check for
understanding. Thumb Up-Yes, or “I
agree”Thumb Down-No or
“I don’t agree”Thumb to the Side-
Not sure
Formative Assessment #2-Fist to FingerShows
understanding over a “spectrum”
5 Fingers=Yes, A lot, Very much
0 Fingers=No, I don’t agree, not very much
Formative Assessment #3-Numbered Responses
Students can use to give an answer to a problem.
Can be used for activity: “Calender Operations”
Great for whole numbers, estimation, decimals
All students hold up their answer
Formative Assessment #4-GeoboardsGreat for Geometry,
Symmetry, Angle measures, art
Each student “holds up” their answer to demonstrate their response to the question.
Formative Assessment #5-Exit InterviewsUsed at the end of a
lesson to debrief understanding, share insights.
Can be anonymous, or named
Can be collected and read aloud or saved to be read at the beginning of the next lesson.