Assessment Portfolio: 8 strategies I can use in my future classroom

Drake Middleton

12/12/2021

1) Name That Tune!

Students will listen to a song that I will play a brief segment of. It is their job to identify what song I am
playing, and if they can name the composer/author, then they get an extra point or win in a tiebreaker.

I would divide the classroom into groups, so it isn’t all individual. I think it would be a great bonding
exercise for my future students and will give them team building practice for the real world.

2) Journaling

Students will journal at the end of rehearsal about what we did so they know what the need to practice
before next class. If nothing is due next class, then students will write about what they learned.

It is important for students to reflect about what they have learned so they can keep track of their
progress in my class.

3) Note Naming Game

I would hold up a staff and have a specific note either circled or indicated with something. It is my
student’s job to name that note I am gesturing towards. This would be done in pairs around the
classroom in a competition style.

This friendly competition puts their musical knowledge to the test with naming music notes before their
peers.

4) Musical Bingo

Musical bingo would be done if I play a segment of an instrument and see if they can identify just by
listening what that instrument was.

I think it is good for students to have a broad knowledge of instruments and what they sound like.

5) Kahoot(s)

Keeping with our competition, I think Kahoot will challenge students to think quickly about their answers
when it comes to music history, or how many beats a quarter note gets, anything to make learning fun.

6) Exit Tickets

Before my students leave my class, I would have them submit exit tickets on my Google Classroom to
reflect on class time or a specific question I might have asked them. This gives me confirmation that they
showed up and paid attention in class and didn’t leave after I took attendance. This also reinforces what
the content was that I ended up teaching.

7) KLA – Know, Learn, Apply

KLAs are great reflective tools to allow me to see what they know on paper. It is a good method for
seeing what they know in my content, then what they learned that day in class, and if they can apply
anything they just learned to their musicianship and moving forward as a student.

It is critical for students to reflect on their experiences in my classroom so they can demonstrate their
musical growth in my classroom.

8) Question of the Day

This is effective not only as a grading standpoint, but it gets my students thinking if we are meeting early
in the morning. Another method for this is when I need to take attendance in an ulterior way.