Formative Assessments

Pre-Assessments

Words will Encourage Me Graffiti Poster

Using various of modern and appropriate grade-level magazines, students will work in their team group (of four) to create a Graffiti Poster of words that represents a 4^th grader.

1. View Blog Entries and analyze it's purpose as a class discussion.

During Lesson Assessments

1. Students will define what is a blog, using the class discussion.
2. In their team group, students will make a list of attributes of a Blog Page.
3. Individually, students will create Self-Portrait Collage.
4. In partners, listen to a variety of age-appropriate music that relates in the meaning of one's self being stress-free. Stress-Free Music Selection
5. Students will individually complete a draft of their personal Blog using a Template aligned to the Blog Rubric (Extra Features), using their Self-Portrait Collage as a Page Background Image and embedding their Stress-Free Music using mixpod.com.
6. Students will keep daily journals about topics relating to Self-Worth in their personal daily logs.
7. Students will begin composing daily blog entries that are accurate, interesting, and relevant to the theme of their blog (Self-Worth).

Post

1. Blog Page and Entries are completed with (2) Blog Rubrics that evaluates personal and partner's Blog.
2. Presentation of experiences and Blog to Family and Community for the school “Family Night.”