Pre+and+Post+Assessment

__** Pre and Post Assessment **__

For our unit’s pre-assessment we use a KWL chart as a way to activate prior knowledge and to see what the students may already know about the St. Johns River. The KWL sets a purpose for the unit on the St. Johns River. The students also add their input into what they want to learn and know about the unit. The students have purpose for participating and engaging in the topic. The KWL chart allows students to expand their ideas and the teacher becomes area of the students’ interests.
 * __ Pre Assessment __**

One Day 1 of our Unit Lesson the students will fill out the first and section of the KWL, which is “What I Know” and “What I Want to Know.”

After the students have completed the KWL the teacher has a whole class discussion. The students will participate and share some facts that they may know already or some things that they would like to learn during the St. Johns River Unit. This allows students to get ideas from each other.

The teacher will then collect the KWL charts to assess and see what the students are interested in and know already. The teacher can use these charts to also make any changes to their lesson plans for the unit.


 * __ Post-Assessment __**

· The teacher assesses the students during group and whole class discussions throughout the unit and keeps anecdotal records during the discussions.
=== · The teacher has the students fill out the L section of their KWL chart on Day 5 of their lesson plan. The students write what they learned during the unit. The teacher will then collect the KWL charts from the students to use as a post-assessment. ===

=== · The students complete a two-day map project in which they create a map of the St. Johns River, which can be used as a post assessment to see if they understand the Sunshine State Standards of creating and reading a map. ===

=== · The students will create a foldable focusing on the three basins of the St. Johns River, during a web exploration. The teacher collects the foldables to assess how much effort the students put into their research and if their facts are accurate. ===

· The students create a drawing of the St. Johns River during the Alligator Princess lesson that the teacher can informally assess.
=== · On Day 5 of the Unit the students perform and set up a gallery walk in which they explain their projects and activities of the St. Johns River to their peer 4th grade students. The teacher can informally assess and observe the students during the walk to see how well they share their activities and what they learned with other students. The teacher can keep anecdotal records of the students during the gallery walk. The teacher can also take pictures of the students with their activities during the gallery walk. ===

=== · The students complete a bag lady book during the unit, in which they reflect in or write notes in everyday during the unit. The teacher can collect those to read and assess what the students are reflecting on. ===