Our assignment for this activity was to come up with an assessment for third graders in Banking. This activity was a way to introduce economics to the third graders.
I was in group 5, and we had to think of ways to assess students that are learning English as a second language. What we did was create a quiz with short response, true/false, multiple choice, and an essay. When mt group and I were working on the quiz we found it difficult to think of questions because we felt they were too in depth for third graders. We had to think about the questions and connect them to real life situations. When we thought of the questions Maria translated the quiz into Spanish for the students who are ELL students. I created a rubric for the essay. When I was creating it I tried my best to think not just for social studies but also thinking about the ELA test. I put sections on the rubric that dealt with sentence structure, grammar, punctuation. The rubric is also available in Spanish for the ELL students.
This was the activity we were given in class:
The social studies unit you have been teaching with your third-graders is on banks and banking by asking the question: What is the role of banks in our community? Your principal was a little skeptical of the ability of the students to learn such things, but has been willing to let you try this topic. He is very interested in finding out just what the students have learned. Your task is to convince him that your third-graders have indeed learned about banks and banking. Prepare an evaluation to measure the success of the unit and the student’s knowledge.
You have taught that banks are places where people save money, and also institutions that help people by performing services for individuals, governments, and businesses in the community. During the unit, students have visited a branch bank in the neighborhood and have interacted with a guest speaker from the main bank. They have learned about the large number of jobs of various types in the bank and have observed some of these jobs being carried out. Students have learned the concepts of savings, investment, security, and loans and how these are related (Study these concepts yourself first!). Plan a formal written test for this unit. Write various types of questions short answer, multiple choice, matching, true or false. Add an essay item assignment and criteria. Be certain that you include at least six questions from at least three of the types of questions listed above. Content should be appropriate so that you can measure student understanding of:
1. Savings and its relationship to the other concepts
2. Investment and its relationship to interest and security
3. Loans and their relationship to savings and interest
4. The jobs of people who work in banks
5. How banks help the local community
6. How business is helped by banks
Provide for the special needs of the students described in the circled statement below:
Group 1 . How would you go about assessing the needs of a very shy, quiet, and withdrawn students and a student with a speech problem?
Groups 2. How would you go about assessing the needs of a student whose reading level is below
average and a blind student?
Groups 3. How would you go about assessing the needs of a hyperactive students and a student who is just beginning to learn English?
Group 4. How would you go about assessing the needs of a gifted student and a student with a partial hearing loss? Select one of the three listed below to answer:
1. You are going to have parent conferences with the parents of your first-graders. Identify three different pieces of data that you would want to have to illustrate to parents how their children are progressing in learning social studies knowledge, skills, and values. Give a rationale for each choice. The topic of study has been: How can we improve our environment?
2. You are going to have parent conferences with the parents of your third-graders. Identify three different pieces of data that you would want to have to illustrate to parents how their children are progressing in learning social studies knowledge, skills, and values. Give a rationale for each choice. The topic of study has been: What is it like to live in Japan?
3. You are going to have parent conferences with the parents of your fifth-graders. Identify three different pieces of data that you would want to have to illustrate to parents how their children are progressing in learning social studies knowledge, skills, and values. Give a rationale for each choice. The topic of study has been: What can people do to help endangered species?
Using the social studies approaches presented in this textbook means that there will be few drill sheets sent home for parents to see and to use in determining what their children are studying in social studies. In today’s world, many parents are working while their children are in class and so they cannot visit the class and observe learning taking place. Try to think of ways that inform parents about the social studies lessons their children are performing. How can such information be worked into the closure of a lesson?
Can you include such information in a homework assignment? Apply the following additional criteria to your final choices on how to inform the parents:
1 a. Will the procedure contribute to students’ learning or review of knowledge and/or skills?
b. Keep the amount of time required by the students and the teacher as low as possible.
c. Keep the expense of the materials involved to a minimum, especially if the assignment is given as homework.
Write the description of your parent contact decisions. Share ideas in the group and with class.
You have taught that banks are places where people save money, and also institutions that help people by performing services for individuals, governments, and businesses in the community. During the unit, students have visited a branch bank in the neighborhood and have interacted with a guest speaker from the main bank. They have learned about the large number of jobs of various types in the bank and have observed some of these jobs being carried out. Students have learned the concepts of savings, investment, security, and loans and how these are related (Study these concepts yourself first!). Plan a formal written test for this unit. Write various types of questions short answer, multiple choice, matching, true or false. Add an essay item assignment and criteria. Be certain that you include at least six questions from at least three of the types of questions listed above. Content should be appropriate so that you can measure student understanding of:
1. Savings and its relationship to the other concepts
2. Investment and its relationship to interest and security
3. Loans and their relationship to savings and interest
4. The jobs of people who work in banks
5. How banks help the local community
6. How business is helped by banks
Provide for the special needs of the students described in the circled statement below:
Group 1 . How would you go about assessing the needs of a very shy, quiet, and withdrawn students and a student with a speech problem?
Groups 2. How would you go about assessing the needs of a student whose reading level is below
average and a blind student?
Groups 3. How would you go about assessing the needs of a hyperactive students and a student who is just beginning to learn English?
Group 4. How would you go about assessing the needs of a gifted student and a student with a partial hearing loss? Select one of the three listed below to answer:
1. You are going to have parent conferences with the parents of your first-graders. Identify three different pieces of data that you would want to have to illustrate to parents how their children are progressing in learning social studies knowledge, skills, and values. Give a rationale for each choice. The topic of study has been: How can we improve our environment?
2. You are going to have parent conferences with the parents of your third-graders. Identify three different pieces of data that you would want to have to illustrate to parents how their children are progressing in learning social studies knowledge, skills, and values. Give a rationale for each choice. The topic of study has been: What is it like to live in Japan?
3. You are going to have parent conferences with the parents of your fifth-graders. Identify three different pieces of data that you would want to have to illustrate to parents how their children are progressing in learning social studies knowledge, skills, and values. Give a rationale for each choice. The topic of study has been: What can people do to help endangered species?
Using the social studies approaches presented in this textbook means that there will be few drill sheets sent home for parents to see and to use in determining what their children are studying in social studies. In today’s world, many parents are working while their children are in class and so they cannot visit the class and observe learning taking place. Try to think of ways that inform parents about the social studies lessons their children are performing. How can such information be worked into the closure of a lesson?
Can you include such information in a homework assignment? Apply the following additional criteria to your final choices on how to inform the parents:
1 a. Will the procedure contribute to students’ learning or review of knowledge and/or skills?
b. Keep the amount of time required by the students and the teacher as low as possible.
c. Keep the expense of the materials involved to a minimum, especially if the assignment is given as homework.
Write the description of your parent contact decisions. Share ideas in the group and with class.
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