Grade 8- IN 8.2: My Immigration Story Assessment- Colton Lund

I designed this assessment during my practice teaching with the assistance of my partnering teacher. This assignment was part of our summative assessment on our Immigration unit, which I taught to the grade eight class. The goal of this assignment was to explore their own heritage, primarily through conversations with family members or guardians. Students were given a choice to complete the project in the form of a PowerPoint, poster, or through a story telling program that was available on the school’s computers. After the completion of this project, we asked the students to present what they created to the class, either in person, PowerPoint, or video format. A rubric is included at the end of the document.

I believe this assessment can fit into 21st century teaching and also relates to several of the 7C’s found in Sun West’s Board Policy 18. I believe that this assessment is able to develop creativity by allowing the students creative freedom in how they express what they learned about their family’s heritage. Critical thinking and Cultural and Ethical Citizenship will be developed through the discussion and findings the students have about the diversity in our classroom, and how if effects our everyday society. Collaboration and Communication will be fostered between students and their families or guardians, as learning about their heritage will undoubtedly result in some great discussion and discovery between the generations.

This assessment was used in conjunction with a short quiz, in efforts to ensure that every individual in my classroom had a chance to show their learning in a way that worked well for them. This assessment also is reliant on participation from parents/guardians, so I included a letter that I wrote to parents, explaining the assignment. Please feel free to use or modify any part of this as you see fit!