Welcome to Sun West's Supporting Assessment Wikispace The purpose of this wikispace …
Welcome to Sun West's Supporting Assessment Wikispace
The purpose of this wikispace is to support administrators and teachers in Saskatchewan as they extend their professional learning about assessment. This wikispace has been developed by the Sun West Assessment Committee, and the CAIT (Curriculum, Assessment, Instruction, Technology) Team
"Student assessment is a deliberate process used to provide feedback and evidence for making judgments about students' learning in relation to identified learning outcomes. Teachers guide the evaluation and reporting of student progress to parents/guardians" - Sun West Administrative Procedures 370: Student Assessment
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1.1 Assessment procedures are to support the principles of fair assessment and implement best practices for grading and reporting student achievement. 1.2 Teachers are to use a variety of assessment practices that are fair, objective, and reflect sound professional judgment. 1.3 Student grades are to reflect the level of achievement of the learning outcomes. 1.4 Learning Behaviours will be reported separately. 1.5 Diagnostic and formative assessments will be used to provide direction for improvement or adjustment to a program of instruction (This is assessment for learning). 1.6 Summative assessment will be used to make judgments about a student's achievement at the end of a sequence of instruction in order to assign a grade (assessment of learning). 1.7 Students will be involved in the assessment and grading process, through the use of rubrics, exemplars, inquiry learning, and other means. 1.8 Teachers are to report student progress to parents to guardians by means of parent-teacher-student conferences, reports cards, personal contact, and information technology such as PowerSchool, emails, blogs, etc.
Sun West School Division have developed holistic EAL rubrics based on the …
Sun West School Division have developed holistic EAL rubrics based on the provincial standards (Adapted from: “A GUIDE TO USING THE COMMON FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE (CFR) WITH LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE” – September 2013 – Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Education).Teachers use these rubrics to assign CFR scores for the EAL students. Sun West CFR Progress Reports have been developed for three levels:Elementary Middle Level Secondary
Resource booklets are included for K-4 and 5-12. This excellent resource has …
Resource booklets are included for K-4 and 5-12. This excellent resource has everything you should need to get started on learner profiles in one place!
This continuum breaks down the necessary research skills for kindergarten to Grade …
This continuum breaks down the necessary research skills for kindergarten to Grade 8 in Sun West. It includes when to introduce the skill as well as the transfer of responsibility (I do, we do, you do) level expected at each grade.
This continuum breaks down the necessary technology skills for kindergarten to Grade …
This continuum breaks down the necessary technology skills for kindergarten to Grade 12 in Sun West. It includes when to introduce the skill as well as the transfer of responsibility (I do, we do, you do) level expected at each grade.
The Kindergarten Phonological Assessment Screener asseses:blending syllables into wordssegmeting words into syllablesisolating …
The Kindergarten Phonological Assessment Screener asseses:blending syllables into wordssegmeting words into syllablesisolating initial phonemesisolating final phonemesblending phonemessegmenting words into phonemes
Student will choose a three-dimensional object that is of interest to them …
Student will choose a three-dimensional object that is of interest to them and calculate its surface area and volume, in both the metric and imperial systems of measurement. Students will then create a scale model of the object.
This is a challenge-based activity set designed to have students explore and …
This is a challenge-based activity set designed to have students explore and research the Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission (MMS). Students will explore the purpose and relevance of the mission as well as the scientific methodologies. Activities include application of the scientific method, problem solving strategies, research, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. Links to resources and appropriate web 2.0 tools are provided through a shared livebinder.
This app provides focused lessons designed to boost typing speed and accuracy …
This app provides focused lessons designed to boost typing speed and accuracy very quickly. Students can see a heat map of where their fingers are hitting the keyboard to better understand where they can make improvements. The advanced levels will take them through tough tapping patterns, symbols, numbers, and complicated sentences.
You will find everything you need here to use STEM challenges to …
You will find everything you need here to use STEM challenges to introduce and teach your students 21st Century Skills.
Before each activity look at the "What Skills Do I Need?" attachment and discuss what needs to be done. Then show them the specific challenge - plan and do it! After have the kids complete the related reflection. All files below.
Before every challenge - What Skills Do I Need? Challenge 1 & Self-Management Reflection Challenge 2 & Effective Participation Reflection (also includes self-management) Challenge 3 & Creativity Reflection (includes both skills above as well) Challenge 4 & Enquiry Reflection (includes other 3 skills above as well) Challenge 5 & Reflection Reflection (includes other 4 skills above) Challenge 6 & Team Work Reflection (includes all other skills) 21st Century Skills reflection includes all skills All documents are word files (except one) so you can edit them - if you have a problem with fonts etc, let me know and I can send you the pdf versions. Melissa.Lander@sunwestsd.ca
Choose from the suggested activities below to find activities to help your students …
Choose from the suggested activities below to find activities to help your students meet the outcome for this module from the Saskatchewan Financial Literacy 20/30 curriculum, Module 26B: Handling Debt Problems, Outcome: Examine the processes of and alternatives to personal bankruptcy in Saskatchewan. All resources for this module’s activities can be found on saskmoney.ca or within this Resource Bank.
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with …
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with as they support students through their ELA courses. It provides links to the course Curriculum at a Glance, Grammar Scope and Sequence, Outcome Based Rubrics, and 21CC Guidebooks.
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with …
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with as they support students through their ELA courses. It provides links to the course Curriculum at a Glance, Grammar Scope and Sequence, Outcome Based Rubrics, and 21CC Guidebooks.
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with …
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with as they support students through their ELA courses. It provides links to the course Curriculum at a Glance, Grammar Scope and Sequence, Outcome Based Rubrics, and 21CC Guidebooks.
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with …
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with as they support students through their ELA courses. It provides links to the course Curriculum at a Glance, Grammar Scope and Sequence, Outcome Based Rubrics, and 21CC Guidebooks.
Both a short and long form writing progression for K-12. Very useful …
Both a short and long form writing progression for K-12. Very useful for seeing what writing should be done by grade level. Developed from https://www.stf.sk.ca/professional-resources/saskatchewan-professional-development-unit/resources/english-language-arts?field_spdu_category_tid=281
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with …
This document map is meant for teachers to use and interact with as they support students through their ELA courses. It provides links to the course Curriculum at a Glance, Grammar Scope and Sequence, Outcome Based Rubrics, and 21CC Guidebooks.
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