Name: Erin Tinnell

Grade Level: 4th grade

STUDENT RESPONSE AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Content Area: Social Studies
Standards Addressed: SS4H3 Explain westward expansion in America
Student Response Technology Used:
NearPod Socrative PollEverywhere iRespond TodaysMeet Other:
Technology that students will use to respond to questions/prompts:
Computer Hand-held student response system (such as iRespond) Phone
Tablet (such as iPad Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Describe the instructional activities that will occur prior to the SRS activity and how you will
introduce the SRS activity: Students will have prior knowledge about Westward Expansion. Students will
have completed lesson on Westward Expansion. Students will have completed Oregon Trail Game.
Describe the purpose of the SRS activity (check all that apply):
Assess Prior Knowledge Anticipatory Set (Create Interest in a Topic) To Illuminate Common
Misconceptions Formative Assessment of Content Knowledge (for purposes of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) Summative Assessment of Content Knowledge Test Preparation
Survey/Poll Discussion Starter Homework Collection Other
Additional explanation of purpose (optional):
Type of session: Teacher-Paced Student-Paced
Identification of students:
Students will log-in so their individual scores will be available to you after the session
SRS activity will be anonymous
Briefly describe what will happen during the SRS activity (For example: What will students do? What
will the teacher do? What materials are needed? How long will the SRS activity take? The overview should
be a minimum of 2 paragraphs.):
Students will use Socrative to answer questions about Westward Expansion based upon what they have
already learned. Teacher will collect answers at the end and they can be used for a formative assessment, a
summative assessment or test preparation. Students will need a tablet or computer to answer questions.
Teacher will need a tablet or a computer to view answers and make comments. Teacher will use the results
to evaluate the students knowledge on Westward Expansion. This activity should take fifteen minutes.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Types of questions/prompts (Check all that apply):
Multiple choice Multiple Select True/False Yes/No Short open-ended response
or fill in the blank Longer open-ended response
Provide samples of questions/prompts to be given to students: Who was impacted the most by
Westward Expansion? (Short Answer) The Native Americans loved the idea of people moving west.
(true/false)

Right/Wrong Answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions? Yes No

Mixed (Some will have correct answers, others will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback:
Will you pre-select correct answers to some or all of the questions and display correct response to the class
after the SRS activity? Yes No
Why or why not? This way students can see where they were wrong and learn from the mistakes that they
made.
Use of data: Students answers will be collected by teacher and used to evaluate the students
understanding on the topic. Data will be used by teacher to decide whether the class needs more
information on the topic or if they are ready to be tested on the topic. Teacher can use data to differentiate 1
the test.

Describe what will occur after the SRS activity: Students will be able to use their results from the SRS