The following can address RISE 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, and 1.5 for teachers. I know some of you already use exit slips as part of your assessment of students. I hope this can be of use for you.

Questions to Consider:
How does Mr. Crandall use exit tickets to help plan future lessons?

How does Mr. Crandall ensure that exit tickets are a low-stress assessment?

What might you assess using exit tickets?

Great work to Mrs. Heath, with the help of Pirate Braun, on making this a fun learning activity in Language Arts. Link to Star Press article

Questions to Consider

1.How do students learn to select useful textual evidence?
2. How do collaborative discussions push students’ thinking?
3. Why does Mr. Paris say that the Common Core simplifies life?

Common Core Standards ELA.RI.8.1, ELA.SL.8.1a, ELA.SL.8.1d

Questions to Consider
1. How does this strategy benefit both the teacher and the students?
2. If all your students don’t have cell phones, how could you adapt this strategy?
3. What does using word clouds add to this strategy?

Enjoy the short clips from today’s convocation to get geared up for ISTEP+ next week!