Assessment Opportunities: Asking Authentic Questions to Inform Instruction (Guest Post)
By Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan
We are always on the lookout for assessment opportunities that can happen authentically, right in the midst of our teaching. Asking a pre-assessment question before a whole class, small group or individual lesson is one assessment opportunity that we have found invaluable and it only takes a minute or two. We simply begin by asking a question, have students turn and talk, and move among the partnerships to listen and take notes. Once students have had time to talk, we tell the class a few ideas we heard and connect these ideas to the lesson we are about to teach. Read more
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