Post it targets

Simple yet effective, once pupils have reflected on their work and written their next steps/targets on post it notes they stick it somewhere in the room for next time. When pupils return for the next lesson they simply collect their previous post it note from the place they left it and address their target, ensuring …

Passport

Use these passport style assessment templates to encourage pupils to reflect on their work as they progress and set meaningful targets.

Editing tabs

Pupils improve an aspect of their work/paragraph and refine work overlaying or redoing the original work with a piece of paper. Alternatively focus on an aspect of writing identified by a coloured box that they have to edit and improve.

Bulletproof your work

Pupil’s use this literacy checklist to independently proof read and check their work when self-assessing or before handing it in.

Zipgrade

An app that marks multiple choice questions for you! Feedback can be given instantly. Teachers can use the summary to respond to feedback and to see which questions the class struggled with and then address these areas. https://www.zipgrade.com/

Train students as markers

With the pupils break down a mark scheme/answer so they understand the language. Pupils then focus in on one skill area or assessment objective (that they have expertise in) and become expert markers in that. They then mark other pupils work just for that one aspect and provide constructive feedback.

What would happen if…

Pupils are faced with scenarios, photos, images which can be placed onto the PowerPoint to which they have to consider the likely reaction or likely next steps or the impact that would happen after a particular event.

Two truths and a lie

To review prior learning pupils have to identify from three statements which is the lie, easy to get quick feedback by indicating A, B, or C which is the lie and why.

True or false

A set of statement or facts is listed, either on the board or using cards. Pupils indicate if they are correct or incorrect (using red/green cards) and should be expected to say why.

Topic Tennis

In threes pupils play a word association game. Select a topic and see who can come up with as many related, different points to win the game, score like in tennis. In the teams there should be 2 players and one referee.