Assessment for Learning Primary National Strategy Assessment for

Assessment for Learning Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Objectives • To look at Learning Intentions / Objectives • • and Success Criteria To look at some suggestions for responding to children’s work To consider how pupils can participate in the assessment process Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Key elements • Share the learning objectives and the success criteria with the children; • Ensure feedback gives support, motivates and enables improvement; • Encourage children to assess their own work. Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Learning Objectives, Activities and Success Criteria Learning Objectives: “What are we going to learn? ” Activities: “How are we going to learn? ” Success Criteria: “How do we know if we have succeeded? ” Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Learning objectives need to be: • Shared with the children • Clear to the children • Linked to success criteria Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Activity • List the success criteria for Y 3 T 1 stories with familiar settings; • Use child friendly language; • Feedback. Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Marking writing against success criteria • highlight 2 or 3 aspects of the writing which meet the learning intention/success criteria; • ask for a small improvement oral or written; • allow time for children to respond. Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Ways to respond - ‘Closing the gap’ • Reminder prompts • Scaffolded prompts • Example prompts (See handout) Quality marking ~ within the unit of work ~ at the end of a unit of work Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Example - Y 6 Term 1 Classic fiction Learning Intention: To write in the voice and style of a particular text. (The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett). Success Criteria: • Short narrative • Complex sentences • Precise vocabulary - powerful verbs Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Rebecca’s writing Peering through a crack in the old rotten door, Gwendoline looked at the area around her. She found a secret handle which had climbing ivy all over it. She shifted it out of the way. Gwendoline opened the door. She shivered. Closing the door behind her, she found herself in a giant greenhouse. It was filled with rushing sweet peas. Teachers Response ~ Well done - you have used complex sentences and some powerful verbs. (underlined) ~Think of another word for ‘found’ and re-write your sentence. ( highlighted in pink - a reminder prompt) Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Activity • Read the example of Jason and the Golden Fleece; • Using the success criteria, highlight 2 examples of effective adjectives or adverbs; • Provide a reminder, scaffolded and example prompt in response to the child’s writing; • Feedback. Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Successful oral feedback. . . Foundation Stage/Year 1 • focuses on two or three places where the child’s work meets the learning intention; • indicates where an improvement could be made; • is followed by time to complete the improvement. Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Classroom strategies to support children’s self-assessment • Literacy Ladders • Genre Checklists • Response partners www. lancsngfl. ac. uk/nationalstrategy/literacy Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Genre Features - Newspapers Year 4 • Purpose: To retell events • • Text Level Features Headlines Introduction - Who? What? Where? When? Why? Sub-headings 2/3 paragraphs to outline events Closing statement/paragraph Chronological order • • • Sentence/Word Level Features Past tense 3 rd person Eyewitness account - direct/reported speech Connectives Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

‘Enriching Feedback in the primary classroom’ Shirley Clarke ISBN 0 -340 -87258 -6 Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning

Hometime! Primary National Strategy Assessment for learning