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    My Top 3 Formatives

    There are many assessment practices that I use that have yielded tremendous benefits for students. I use formative assessments for quick, continual assessing of student learning. The purpose of formative assessments is to capture data to inform my instruction. It lets me know which students are struggling…Read More

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    “When am I ever going to use this?”

    The biggest question I hear more than I enjoy is, “When am I ever going to use this?” No teacher likes to hear this, especially when they’ve worked so hard to create notes, practice, and activities for that topic, and especially when the subject is the teacher’s passion. It’s almost insult…Read More

  • Whiteboards:
    There are many assessment practices that I use that have yielded tremendous benefits for students. The first is a very simple, yet effective practice that I use regularly. After guided practice on an objective, I will use my classroom set of whiteboards to formatively assess students. I will post a problem on the board. Students will…Read More

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    • Lucy I am a kindergarten teacher and I use white boards for assessment almost daily. Like you, I will post a problem on the board and have students write the answer and then we all show our answer at the same time. I also dovreading problems and havecstdents sound our words using their boards. There are endless opportunities for assessment using…Read More

  • After reviewing Kentucky’s Uniform Academic Course Codes webpage, our school’s concern is having the time and staff to get all of the required credits, especially with the many dual credit and AP classes offered that many students choose to take in addition to their regular course load. We are worried that students will not have enough room in the…Read More

  • Our grant was starting a dance team at Breathitt High School. Our new dance team has been working hard on a “Greatest Showman” themed tap and jazz dance that we will perform this weekend at the Beta Conference in Lexington! The kids are so excited to perform. They love the tap shoes and costumes that we were able to purchase!

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