Step 6 - Reflect and Plan for your first 2 units
After watching the TenMarks instructional webinars, and completing all 3 extension activities, how do you intend to incorporate the best aspects of this program into your classroom activities or a sample unit?
What steps should I take or resources should I use to meet any challenges that come up while using TenMarks for Class Assignments, Standards Based Assessments or Peronalized Playlist Assignments in the future?
Please post your reply in the comments below, and feel free to use the following resources as your guide.
Teacher Resource Guide
Name: __________________
School: _________________
Grade level(s):______________
My goals for my first 1-2 units are:
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Week 1-3 Training, planning, and first assignments Create lesson plans with the intent on assigning TenMarks assignments that match your scope and sequence. Use Reports to shape instruction.
Using your current lesson plans, assign 1-3 assignments that are in alignment with what you are teaching in class each week.
View “Assignment Insights” to help inform instruction around why students may be having difficulty once assignments are finished.
Using Performance Reports, identify strengths and weaknesses and choose a concept you’d like to re-teach.
How to Review Assignment Results
How to Review Performance Reports
Ideas to think about/share with colleagues: Was TenMarks helpful in providing practice to support your instruction? What were the best and more challenging parts of creating assignments in TenMarks? How is data accessibility helpful for lesson planning? Any activities you practiced with your students and want to recommend to other teachers?After identifying your classes’ weaknesses, what activities did you plan to re-teach concept?
Weeks 1-3 notes:
Week 4-5 End of Unit Assessment Practice
Attend the Intro to Assessment webinar training or watch on-demand from Edmodo group resources at https://edmo.do/j/46b3ix
Assess students on the 2-4 standards you’ve just been teaching, then Review, and accept Playlist recommendations.
*Note: you may choose the grade level assessment instead (as discussed on webinar)
How to Accept Playlist Recommendations
Week 4-5 ideas to think about/share with colleagues: What do you hope an online math program can do for your students? What concerns do you have?
Week 4-5 Notes:
Outlook for your next Unit, Weeks 5-10:
Week 5-8: You will repeat the Assignment process from Weeks 1-3, and add automatic differentiation and on-demand support for students during personal work time
Using your current lesson plans, assign 1-3 assignments that are in alignment with what you are teaching in class each week.
View “Assignment Insights” to help inform instruction around why students may be having difficulty once assignments are finished.
Using Performance Reports, identify strengths and weaknesses and choose a concept you’d like to re-teach.
How to Review Assignment Results
How to Review Performance Reports
Give time for students to complete 2-5 assignments from their “Personal Assignment’ playlists, either during class or as homework
Have students use Jam Session to strengthen grade-level skills.
Week 5-8 notes:
Week 9-10 Re-test for progress
Create a new Assessment covering the most recent Unit Standards.
Add in Standards content you gave in Unit 1 for the WEAKEST STANDARD FROM UNIT 1
See how your students did in the Assessment details and in Performance Reports. Compare results.
Have your students document their thoughts using TenMarks.
How to Accept Playlist Recommendations
Week 9-10 Notes and Reflection: