Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935099175 ISBN 13: 9781935099178

Publisher: Math Solutions, 2011

In the heart of a tough neighborhood, Pueblo Gardens Elementary, a Title I School, is a school district success story. In this multimedia resource, award-winning teacher Dana Islas takes educators into her Pueblo Gardens classroom for a seeing is believing look at seven successful formative assessment practices, demonstrating them in action through
fourteen video clips and nineteen engaging lessons. You’ll find
 
· individual assessments and student-led conferences filmed in actual classrooms;
· questions to help guide teachers’ observations of students as they engage in each lesson;
· suggestions for supporting students who struggle;
· teacher and student checklists for guiding formative assessment in each lesson;
· a rubric to help teachers scaffold the order of student work shared in a
whole-group discussion;
· ready-to-use reproducibles (downloadable from
mathsolutions.com/howtoassessreproducibles); and more.
 
How to Assess While You Teach Math is the ideal resource for further understanding the process of formative assessment in addition to improving your teaching of mathematics.
All lessons are connected to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and
Standards for Mathematical Practice.
 
The video clips provide a visual platform for teachers to reflect on their current assessment practices and target essential understandings from their readings. The fourteen formative assessment video segments were filmed in an actual classroom. Clips range from 2 to 9 minutes in length with a total viewing time of approximately 70 minutes.
 

About the Author:

Dana Islas has served as an early childhood teacher at a Title I school for the past fifteen years. In addition to teaching kindergarten, she is a Math Solutions consultant. Islas was a department editor for Teaching Children Mathematics, a journal published by NCTM. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and is the 2009 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching.