Rationale

The thought process behind my exams were varied. I wanted to have a varied testing process that allowed students that tested differently to shine. With the oral drilling before the exam, students will be able to produce the language in a group setting. If some of the class had forgotten their words, the will have a mini tutoring session before the exams.

My essay items allowed student to incorporate new words and the verb "To Be" in it's written form. The students will also be able to group words together with the "Fill in the Blank" essay format.

The second exam allows for children to identify shapes and quantify them. In the third exam,  would generally pair my stronger students with students that struggle a bit. This allows for the stronger student to become the "teacher", and the more challenged student to feel less pressure being taught from a peer. This testing format also allows for a Performance based exam, as well as group work which is essential in today's work environment. As stated in our reading, Performance tests also allow teachers to observe achievements, mental habits, ways of working, and behaviors of value in the real world that conventional tests might miss. (Kubiszyn, 186)



Kubiszyn, Tom. Educational Testing and Measurement: Classroom Application and Practice, 9th

Edition. John Wiley & Sons, 102009. <vbk

Learning Outcomes

I have selected the following Learning Outcomes:

1. Students will gain awareness of “Letters to Words” and “Words to Sentences”

2. Students will recognize basic Shapes, Units of measurement, and Time

3. Students will be able to sort and categorize based on Similarities, Differences, and Patterns


TESTING ITEMS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcome One (Students will gain awareness of Letters to words and Words to sentences)
1. First Teacher will drill the week's sight words with the students: The, Cat, Car, Orange, Hat, My, Red, Blue. Introduce the verb "To Be" IS.
2. Students will be given a Fill in the Blank exam. First fill in the blank with sight words. (5)
Example: H_T , M_, _AR, _S, B_U_
The second half of the test will be  fill in the sentences: (3)
1. The --- is O----E.
2. My C-- is B--E.
3. The H-T is R--.

Second Learning Outcome
1. Teacher will review  the shapes that are being taught throughout the unit. Examples: Oval, Square, Trapezoid, Rectangle, Square and Circles.
2.The first half of the exam the students will be given a house that is made of the elemental shapes. The students will then have to decipher how many of each shape is present in the picture of the house. Example: Fours squares for windows, rectangle door, circle for the door knob.  Then students will have to fill in the blanks for the amount of each item. Example:
__2___ Squares
___6__ Rectangles
__1___ Ovals
The second half of the exam the students will have a "Connect the Dots" Time clock. Students will have been drilled on the "Big Hand and Little hand to make a clock,

Students will do a Connect the Dot circle, from  the numbers 1-20 that will form the shape of a clock. The students will then have to make it 3:00PM on their Connect the Dot circle clocks.

Third Learning Outcome

1. Students will be paired by 2's. Each pair will be given different colored blocks of different shapes  and colors. This will be a performance based exam in the classroom. Initially each pair will be asked to sort the blocks by their shapes. Example:
All triangles in one pile, all rectangles in another pile etc.
2. Secondly students will be asked to sort the items not by shape, but by color. (The blocks will all have different colors.)
3. Lastly the pairs will be asked to put all 12 blocks in a pattern of:
Rectangle, Triangle, Oval/ Rectangle, Triangle, Oval, etc.







 

 

 

 

 

 

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