Product and Assessing My Learning Process
Self-evaluation
1. Explain. Have students think about and explain the strategies they used during this unit to have others guess the activities they described. When they have finished writing, invite some of them to read their answers aloud. 2. Look through the unit to recall what you have learned to learn, to know, and to do. Give students some time to leaf through the pages of the unit so they can recognize the achievements they attained while working on each of the activities. Encourage them to share them with their classmates. 3. In your notebook, write what you think was difficult to achieve and what you can do to improve. Invite students to write in their notebooks the tasks in which they still need help. Make sure to record which students need help so that you may design strategies to support them individually. What Do Our Everyday Activities Say About Us? Finally, organize the class into small teams and read the title of the unit aloud: What Do Our Everyday Activities Say About Us? Give them a few minutes to discuss their answers while you walk around and monitor, encouraging them to reflect upon those activities, which some of them are part of their responsibilities, but some others are part of their hobbies and show their personal preferences. Ask one person from each team to share their answers with the rest of the class.
Guessing Game Based on Descriptions Do the following activities: • Check that all aspects you include are
relevant and that the information is organized from general to specific. • Recall the questions you will ask to other teams. • Review the questions to ask for clarification and the strategies to clarify.
• Agree on a procedure to play with your class. • Establish the rules to play and… Have fun! Assessing My Learning Process Peer evaluation
Work with another team to evaluate their descriptions. To grade them, use E for excellent, G for good, and NI for needs improvement. Don’t forget to write a comment for them either to congratulate or to suggest how to improve.
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All aspects included in the descriptions were relevant. The information was organized from general to speci c. The way in which they expressed the information was clear.
Self-evaluation 1 Explain. The most e ective strategies we used to describe daily activities for others to try to guess were 2 Look through the unit to recall what you have learned to learn, to know, and to do. 3 In your notebook, write what you think was di cult to achieve and what you can do to improve.
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Guessing Game Based on Descriptions In this session, students will play a guessing game based on descriptions. Read aloud each of the steps on this page, have them check the material they prepared, and help them agree on the procedure and rules to play. Finally, organize the game and have them play. Remember you always have the option to adapt the product to your class’s needs and interests. Assessing my Learning Process Peer evaluation Work with another team to evaluate their descriptions. To grade them, use E for excellent, G for good, and NI for needs improvement. Don’t forget to write a comment for them either to congratulate or to suggest how to improve. Once all students have played, give them some time to work with another team exchanging books to receive peer assessment. Monitor to make sure all comments are respectful.
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