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Assessment Data and Analysis

PreandPostassessment

TheinitialKWLresponseswererecordedduringthefirstlessonofthemapsunit.

DuringthefirstdaywerecordedtheKnowandWanttoknowsections.We

completedtheKnowcomponentfirstandthatwasagoodstartingpointforwhat

studentswantedtoknowaboutmaps.WefinishedtheLearnedportionduringthelast

lessonoftheunit.StudentswereabletoanswersixoftheirwonderingsfromtheWant

toknowlistfromwhattheylearnedintheunit.Havingstudentslistallofthethingsthey

hadlearnedaboutmapswasapowerfulexperienceformeandforthem.Itconfirmedfor

methattheyhadmademajorgrowthagainsttheunitgoalsIhadsetoutforusandgave

studentsagenuinesenseofaccomplishmentwiththeircapacityforlearning.TheKWL

assistedmeinplanningtheunitbecauseitmademeawareofwhatstudentsalreadyknew

andsomeoftheirlearninggoals.Icomparedtheirinitialresponsestotheoverarching

themesIwantedtoaddressintheunit.
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Know Want to know Learned

Maps show streets Who makes maps? Maps can take us

Maps take you to What do maps do? to our destination
Are maps different like in Mapping
places Pennys World
Maps show states sizes? Maps have keys
Maps are made of Is there special Directions help us
paper paper for maps? find places on a
People make maps Are treasure maps map and in real
Maps have oceans life
real? Maps have
Maps have roads How do maps different parts
help? Maps have
Are the lines on compass roses
Some are of big
maps real in the places like a
world? continent
Are states Some are of
smaller places like
different colors? my bedroom
The green on a
globe is for land
The blue is for
water
Maps have birds
eye view

FinalAssessment

Thesummativeassessmentfortheunitconsistedofatakehomeprojectinwhich

studentswereaskedtoapplyseveralofthemapcharacteristicstheyhadlearnedinorder

tocreateamapoftheirbedroom.AspreparationforthisassignmentItaughtalesson

beforehandthatwasdesignedtohelpthempracticetheskillsnecessarytosuccessfully

createamapoftheirown.Amapthatmettheexpectationssetoutwouldhaveamapkey,

birdseyeview,acompassrose(withdirectionsNorth,South,EastandWest),allofthe

objectsfromthestudentsroomandamaptitle.Twentyfourstudentsoutofatotalof
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twentyfourstudentscompletedandturnedintheassignment.Inregardstothesuccess

criteriatwentyfourstudentshadbirdseyeviewandamapkey.Twentythreehada

compassrose.Twentyfourfeaturedasignificantamountofobjectsintheirbedroomon

theirmaps.Nineteenstudentshadatitleontheirmaps.Ninetyfivepercentofstudents

achievedwhatIconsideredtobethethreemostimportantcriteria:birdseyeview,map

keyandcompass.Whilewetalkedaboutmapshavingtitles,especiallyduringourread

aloudsitwasnotsomethingwefocusedintenselyon.IrealizedthatIshouldhavepointed

thisoutmoresincesixstudentsfailedtoincludeatitleontheirbedroommap.

Summative Assessment Bedroom Map

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Number of Students 5

Success Criteria

ReflectingontheunitIfeelitisimportanttothinkabouthowhomesupportor

lackthereofmayhaveimpactedstudentssuccessonthesummativeassignment.

AlthoughIintentionallypreparedstudentsforthisassignment,takehomeworkalways

leavesroomforthepossibilityofparentsdoingtheworkforstudentsornotbeingableto

assistatall.Ipurposefullyincludedanotetofamiliesintheinstructionsthattheyshould
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helpasneededbutallowstudentstobethesolecreatoroftheirmaps.Basedonthe

qualityofworkthatwasreturneditappearsthatallstudentswerecapableofcompleting

theprojectindependently.Still,thispotentialpitfallwillbesomethingIcontinueto

considerasIworkwithprimarystudentswhoarelessabletocompleteprojectswithout

adultsupport.