1. EVALUATION STRATEGIES Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3

2. EVALUATION STRATEGIES: JK/SK & Grades 1-3 1. Teacher Observation JK/SK  record observed behaviour on post its  make one comment in each area for all children every week  place in file folder under headings: physical, social emotional, academic  cull each term

3. EVALUATION STRATEGIES: JK/SK & Grades 1-3 Teacher Observation: Grades 1-3  clip board “At a Glance” sheets  may track, social, emotional, physical and academic growth  may raise any questions or concerns you have about student  offer much information for work habits section of report card

4. EVALUATION STRATEGIES: JK/SK and Grades 1-3 2. Checklists  record skills such as conservation of mass or number, counting, letter recognition, sound letter recognition, printing name, sight words etc on checklists  record physical abilities such as one and two foot jumping, skipping, hopping etc. on checklists  record pretest data on concepts such as adding, subtraction, fractions etc. on checklists

5. EVALUATION STRATEGIES: JK/SK and Grades 1-3 3. Rubrics:  4 level rubrics  work best for all complex authentic tasks  examples?  create with the children whenever possible  use child friendly language

6. EVALUATION STRATEGIES: JK/SK and Grades 1-3 4. Student self or group assessment:  group work participation evaluation sheets  verbal evaluation of any lesson  What did we do right?  How could we improve?  math fact sheets, spelling, grades 2 and 3  rubric marking grade 3

7. EVALUATION STRATEGIES: JK/SK and Grades 1-3 5. Tests and Unit Tests  formative and summative tests especially for factual information  open ended questions allow for level four responding  journal style questions allow students to express breadth and depth of knowledge

8. EVALUATION STRATEGIES: JK/SK and Grades 1-3 6. Report Cards  anecdotal and grades A, B, C, D and R  expectations are on pull down menus  choose a few per term in each subject area.  levels based on 4 level rubrics  section for work habits  therefore marks not deducted for lateness, poor work habits or social skills