Exit Tickets, Warm-Ups, and Checks for Understanding

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Exit Tickets, Warm-Ups, and Checks for Understanding

M-7

Session Description

Checking for student understanding does not have to always come in the form of a test or a quiz. This session will focus on ways to informally assess your students through the use of exit tickets, warm-ups, and impromptu checks for understanding in non and tech-infused ways.

Learner Outcomes

By the end of the sessions participants will know / be able to:

Use entry and exit tickets to gauge student understanding of lessons
Allow opportunities for other methods to demonstrate knowledge versus simply using tests
Integrate choice boards, project-based learning, hands-on learning, etc. to check for understanding

Activity 1:

Article: Why Check for Understanding

Instructional Grouping: Sponge Toss

Jigsaw Activity

Check for Understanding: Differentiated by jigsaw group. Some will be non-tech and others will be tech-infused.

3-2-1

6 Word Story

Google Forms Quiz

Word Cloud using Tagxedo (Must Use Safari)

Activity 2:

What are some creative ways I can check my students' understanding?

This activity will focus on strategies for checking for understanding both traditional and with a tech twist. Participants will explore a Smore of various instructional strategies and then complete a Dot Storming activity to vote for their favorites.

Activity 3:

Now that I have all this data, what should I do with it?

After exploring various instructional forms of exit tickets and checks for understanding, participants will investigate how they can use data collected from these resources to group students for instructional purposes.