Checking+for+Understanding+Strategies

=Strategies to Check for Student Understanding=

Choral response
toc teacher asks for the whole class to respond in unison

Finger signals / Hand Signs
For example says, "Thumbs up or down if you understand or not." Raise you hand if you need additional clarification. Hold a certain number of fingers on your chest to indicate the student's choice of answer 1, 2, 3, 4. Show certain sign-language letters as students raise their hand to indicate certain types of questions or desired actions.

Think Pair Share
1) **Think**. The teacher provokes students' thinking with a question or prompt or observation. The students should take a few moments (probably not minutes) just to THINK about the question. 2) **Pair**. Using designated partners (such as with Clock Buddies, Travel Buddies), nearby neighbors, or a desk mate, students PAIR up to talk about the answer each came up with. They compare their mental or written notes and identify the answers they think are best, most convincing, or most unique. 3) **Share**. After students talk in pairs for a few moments (again, usually not minutes), the teacher calls for pairs to SHARE their thinking with the rest of the class. She can do this by going around in round-robin fashion, calling on each pair; or she can take answers as they are called out (or as hands are raised). Often, the teacher or a designated helper will record these responses on the board or on the overhead. source]

Ticket Out the Door
Ticket out the Door—About 3 minutes before the end of class, give students a sticky note. Have them write about the content of the lesson. You may have them write something like “What I learned about being a reader today….” Or “What I’m wondering about __ is…” Make sure that students put their names on the sticky notes. As each student leaves, they must hand you the sticky note as a ticket out the door.

Whiteboard / Writeboards
Each student is given a board or sheet protector and a dry erase marker. I have found that the high odor markers erase better than the low odor markers.

Grouping Strategies
//**Clock Buddies**// Students identify classmates to meet up with during the Think Pair Share activity to discuss what they are learning. They write a classmate's name at a specific hour on the clock. The students then meet with each other when the teacher announces the time.

//**Travel Buddies**// Students identify classmates to meet up with during the Think Pair Share activity to discuss what they are learning. They write a classmate's name at a specific location on the map. The students then meet with each other when the teacher announces the place.

More Strategies I need to put here: http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/file/view/strategies.pdf http://www.christina.k12.de.us/LiteracyLinks/elemresources/checking_for_understanding.pdf http://www.bowperson.com/BOWPERSON/CheckforUnderstanding.pdf