Assessment

For third quarter I used the clickers as part of our third quarter testing. I made self paced quizzes for the beginning sounds. I put pictures on the screen and the students had to type in the beginning sound for each of the pictures that was on the screen. We did one group of pictures each day so that they wouldn't be overwhelmed. I was surprised as to the difficulty of the task. I thought it would be easy since we had been using the clickers in math. However, it was not the easy transition I had envisioned. The students started yelling out, "What is that picture?" and we had to start over with new rules for testing. The second and third days have gone much smoother. It is so nice to have the information in a spreadsheet so I know exactly who needs to work on what letter sound. When I work in small groups with my students, I pull out the spreadsheet and work on letter sounds with games or flashcards.