Pres-Assessment for Differentiation

Pre-Assessment for Differentiation

Pre-assessment helps teachers know student’s prior knowledge and skills about a topic, which is very useful for lesson planning and class teaching.

The topic of this unit is holiday. There are different levels of students in the class. I used the Quizlet to design a pre-assessment for students. With 5 past tense statements and pictures, students can choose learn, flashcards, write, spell, test, match and gravity to test their knowledge about this topic. Here is the link of this pre-assessment:

https://quizlet.com/_4gn7mf  

Different from traditional paper test, this is much more fun and engage students easier.

The mind map outlines the innovative differentiation strategies for students at three different levels, and identifies assessments for tracking students. 

Through the use of this mind map, I could really see the benefits of putting the different ability groups in order. This allowed me to praise based on ability when students gave answers and I could also challenge the middle and higher level students to expand their answers. It also gave me chance to focus on lower level students as I could design activities that catered for their interest. Instead of using a ‘one-size fits all’ approach to getting them to learn the language, I could then let them choose from a series of activities that would best help them.