Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Writing Numbers Rubric

Today while I was volunteering in a grade one class I did a quick math assessment to see if the students knew their numbers to 20 and if they could write their numbers above 20.

I asked each student to write the numbers 1-20 in order on a piece of paper.  I was looking to see if their numbers were facing the right way and if they were placing the numbers in the right place (for example, eighteen is 18 not 81).

When I was finished I wanted to assess them in a way that would allow the teacher to group them easily for math centres later.  So I didn't want to just give them a mark out of 25 since that wouldn't tell me where the student was struggling.  After a little more thought, I came up with this quick rubric.  It's available for free on TpT!

Monday, October 28, 2013

Mapping Unit

Here is a grade 4 socials mapping project. In this project the students will become familiar with using directions, grid coordinates, scale, and legend to create a map. In part 1 the students will be given instructions on where to place items on a map. In part 2 the students will do the opposite and be given a completed map. Their job is to provide detailed instructions on where these items are placed. This project also includes two assessment rubrics that will be used for marks.





Here is a link to our project: