 |
Learning/Teaching
• Home
• Acceptable Use Policy
• Art Resources
• Articulation Schedule
• Articulation Notes
• Community Resources
• Curriculum Adoption
• Curriculum Review
•Job-Alike Schedule
• Libraries & Media
• Math Resources
• L & T Guide
• Pro Development
• Science Field Experience
• Vital 3: Rubrics
• Writing Prompts
Home>Learning & Teaching>Vital
Few #3
Vital #3: "Student progress and grade level standards are clearly understood and made available to all students and parents. Students set academic goals and chart and monitor their progress."
I want to tell you how thrilled I am with the web site that Shayne Wrezinski told us about in class. It is a "build a rubric yourself form" site that the government sponsors at the University of Kansas; http://rubistar.4teachers.org is the address. I believe in rubrics and have tried to create them in the past but with this handy dandy web site and 5 minutes it was a snap. Now I feel like "I get it." You were the inspiration and impetus to try, my students love it, and I think grading will be easier for me, too. Thanks for all you do for us, Karen Bray (WHS)
Dave Bawden (Orchard Middle School, seventh grade) has been utilizing the Promotion Rubric in his class so that students can monitor their own progress on a regular basis. He included the letter grades students may have so that they could monitor that as well. He says that as a result, students are becoming increasingly more clear that they are in charge of their own learning and progress.
Pat Strand (Washington Elementary) and the elementary music teachers have developed a pilot format so that K-5 students can monitor and chart their own progress in developing their musical skills. It seems simple, but in fact, is very powerful in providing students clarity and a way to self assess.
The WSD band directors have provided two important components of assessment through their Band Benchmarks: one reflects the WSD Vision Element that "Curriculum and Instruction for WSD students is clearly articulated and exceeds the State's Essential Learning Requirements" and Vital Few #3 that students can monitor and chart their own learning progress.
Grades
6-7 Percussion Benchmarks | Grades
6-7 Winds Benchmarks
Grade
8 Percussion Benchmarks | Grade 8
Winds Benchmarks
Grade
9 Percussion Benchmarks | Grade 9
Winds Benchmarks
Grades
10-12 Percussion Benchmarks | Grades
10-12 Winds Benchmarks
Charlie Hickenbottom (Lewis and Clark Elementary, third grade) uses this rubric to help his students monitor and chart their growth in writing. Charlie also has writing rubrics as well as one for analytical problem-solving (math).
Charlie has also added a number of resources for teachers. The following compressed folders contain AppleWorks documents for use.
Graphs
for Grade 3
Rubrics for Grade 3
Teacher Charts for
Grade 3
Teacher Charts for
Grade 2
If you do not have AppleWorks, you can download this folder, which includes eveything in pdf format.