Student Response and Assessment Tools

Lesson Idea Name: Civil War- Amendments and Slavery

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 4th grade
Content Standard Addressed: SS4H6 Analyze the effects of Reconstruction on American life

Technology Standard Addressed: 1- Empowered Learner

Selected Technology Tool:

☒ Socrative ☐ iRespond ☐ Quizlet ☐ Plickers ☐ Kahoot! ☐ Office365 Forms
☐ Other:
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://www.socrative.com/

Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:

☒ Computer ☐ Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) ☒ Phone ☒ Tablet (such as iPad)
☒ Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
☐ Teacher-Paced ☒ Student-Paced
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):
☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☐ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating ☐ Creating

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

By using an SRS tool for this activity, students who are shy and less vocal in the classroom will have an
opportunity to participate in the activity and gain more confidence. Socrative is available for students on
home computers and mobile devices so students who are not present in class can still participate from home.
Socrative allows for visuals to be used which is helpful for visual learners. This allows for equal learning
opportunities.

Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will introduce
the SRT activity.
Prior to the SRT activity, students will be shown a PowerPoint study tool which includes the definition and a
visual aide for each vocabulary word tied to the standard that is listed on the word wall in the classroom.
Words have already been previously introduced to students. The information can be used as a formative
assessment for the teacher so the teacher can better prepare students for an upcoming summative
assessment.

Describe the purpose of the SRT 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 purpose of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) ☐ Summative assessment of content knowledge ☒ Test preparation
☐ Survey/Poll ☐ Discussion starter ☐ “Homework” collection ☐ Other (please explain):

Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity:

Students will independently answer multiple choice and true/false questions based on the current social
studies standard. This activity is student-paced and will roughly last around 10-15 minutes.

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Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (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

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):

Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?

☒ Yes ☐ No
☐ Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to some of all of the questions and
display correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
☒ Yes
☐ No
Why or why not?
It’s important to go over the correct answers so students who did not get them right the first time can
understand the correct answer. Providing immediate feedback will also lower student stress levels. Going
over the answers will lead into a class discussion.
Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?
After the SRT activity, the teacher will assess the class data and group students into small groups for review.
Students will be grouped by ability. Students will make foldables for the vocabulary and flashcards for quiz
questions and review within their small groups.

How will the data be used?

This data can be used to create a summative assessment based on the standard.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity.
For this activity, I hope students who do not usually participate in class use this activity as an opportunity to
show the material the know. If students react positively to the Socrative activity, I would like to use Socrative
as a more convenient way to take summative and formative assessments.

Reflective Practice:
I think Socrative would be very useful and engaging in a classroom. It leads to classroom discussion and helps
students to independently show what they know and to self-reflect on what they need more practice with. If
students are absent, it’s a great way to help catch up on any missed work. An extension of this activity would
be assigning students to create their own quiz questions.

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