Question & Answer
Transcript: S Formative Informal Assessment for ELs: "I Have the Question who Has the Answer?" M O What is it? THE CREATIVE ZONE "I have a question who has an answer?" is a way to check studen... "I have a question who has an answer?" is a way to check students understanding of any content material, while reveiwing concepts through active student participation. This also allows for the students to utilize their social skills, by collaborating to identify answers. #1 How does it work? To review concepts and check student understanding of new materi... To review concepts and check student understanding of new material: - The teacher must first make two stacks of cards. One of them being the questions, and the other one being the answers. - Distribute to the answer cards to the some of the students, and distibute the question cards to the other half of the students. - Allow a student who has a question card read their question, and then ask who has the answer. - Allow the students with the answers to review their cards for 45 seconds. If the student thinks he or she has the answer then he or she will read the answer aloud. - If it is a match, allow the student with the next question to read aloud their question, and repeat the above steps. How does it work for ELs? - differentiating difficulty of questions based on academic level - Having both of the question and answer cards in both their L1 and their L2( the language they are acquiring) How to evaluate ? E - Using different rubric or grading scale depending on the student's English proficiency - Increase the wait time to a minute instead of 45 seconds to correctly match the question and answer card before going over the correct answer with the class - Using different rubric or grading scale depending on the student... Content Objective (23) Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. The student is expected to: (B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision. (C) identify leaders important to the founding of Texas as a republic and state, including José Antonio Navarro, Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Anson Jones. TEKS: 4th grade Social Studies TEKS: 4th grade Social Studies The student will be able to identify the founding leaders of Texas by completing the "I have an question, who has the answer" activity. Objective Objective Language Objectives ELPS: Speaking Intermediate (B) Intermediate. Intermediate ELLs have the ability to speak in a simple manner using English commonly heard in routine academic and social settings. These students: (i) are able to express simple, original messages, speak using sentences, and participate in short conversations and classroom interactions; may hesitate frequently and for long periods to think about how to communicate desired meaning; (ii) speak simply using basic vocabulary needed in everyday social interactions and routine academic contexts; rarely have vocabulary to speak in detail; ELPS: Reading (B) Intermediate. Intermediate ELLs have a limited ability to use the English language to build foundational reading skills. These students: regularly recognize and understand common environmental print in English such as signs, labeled items, names of peers, logos; ELPS: Reading (B) Intermediate. Intermediate ELLs have a limited ability to use the Engli... The student will be able to read the answer or the question on their card, and ask who has the appropriate response to their card through speaking. Objective Objective