I like to use one sentence summaries. It allows me to determine how quickly and fully my students can summarize a large amount of information on a topic in a few words. This activity seems to work well because it allows students to chunk information by consensing it into smaller bits and it is easier for the students to sort out and recall the information.
I like to use "ticket out the door". I can use it for notes, as well as, math problems. I can check their notes to make sure they are participating, and I can check a math problem to ensure that they understand the concept. This is especially useful when you want to check computation on non-calculator type problems.
I recently used the bumper sticker activity in my Social Studies class to summarize the events leading up to the Revolution. Students did a great job of using slogans and artwork to express the colonists' feelings toward the British taxes. It was an excellent hands-on activity that reviewed the key concepts we had just covered.
I have used the shaping up review. I like it because it requires higher level thinking, especially when the students have to differentiate between 4 main concepts/ideas and 3 important facts that they learned.
I used reflective exit slips during the last unit I was teaching. They helped the students to really see what they had learned. These slips also helped me to see what they had learned and how they felt. They were very effective!
I have used an index card to have the students write the answer to their essential question for that day. The EQ is always the basis for what we are covering for the day. So, if they can answer the question I know they have accomplish the goal for the day. This is used as their ticket out the door, they can't leave the room till they have handed me the index card.
One summarizing strategy that I use is a concept map. This works great with short stories or novels and even math. I used this with A Christmas Carol. Students did one based on the book and one based on the movie.
I used a foldable to summarize the math properties. After learning about them and working with them, students had to create a foldable describing each one.
I use a modified version of cartooning. My students create their own cartoons after reading a story with boardmaker and add sentences that go along with the picture. This allows them to summarize the story in their own way. Mandy
I use exit slips on which they write the one sentence summary about the days topic. I have also used Story Stars for mapping out elements of the story we read that day. I find that both of these work well. Yvonne Miller Locklear
After the completion of a foldable about the solar system, students used the teacher created flipchart to demonstrate their understanding of the unit. The flipchart displayed pictures of the unit's vocabulary. Behind each picture was hidden the vocabulary word and a link for further reinforcement. Students were asked guestions by me to get to the correct illustration or photograph and then explored their answers. They loved the review and the fact that they could use the activeboard.
I have not done this activity yet, but cartooning is one I look forward to. There are several popular band cartoons that I would use as inspiration. These would including, "Tales from Band Camp" and the ever famous "Harry L. Dinkle, Westview High school Scapegoat Marching Band." (The latter which is marketing Dinkle marching band shoes!)
I have used the ticket out the door, but also used a quick "key questions" summarizer before students are allowed to leave. Students must answer the questions correctly so that knowledge from the topic of the day can be assessed. My "key questions" are always on my active board flipchart. Adam Kennington
Towards the end of a class, I like to ask students at random to briefly tell me what they learned that day in class. This helps them learn how to condense many details into only a few sentences. This works well in all subject areas and especially with EC students.
Daily,on the board, the class can see what is going on for that day(Q of the day,Warm-up,Focus and Close).the activity in the "close" section usually is an activity that asks them to use the skill we learned in class or its a review question. They can see a progression of events on the board that leads to a logical conclusion of the lesson. Coach Beck.
After teaching a full chapter I have the students write a summary on each lesson, three sentences at most. This lets me know if they have learned what each chapter is about.
I have used something very similar to the Exit Slips activity in my class this year. I will open a class chat room and ask a question to the room. I have the class to respond to me and the other students comments about the topic. This shows me what they know and how they can help clear up other students views on the idea.
I like to use what is called the 5W's and How. It requires students to simply answer the who, what, when, where, why, and how of a story. In helping remind students to think of these components while reading, I have traced out my hand and have written the 5W's on them. While reading a short story/novel I have them write down the 5W's and H on paper while skipping lines that way they can fill in the missing pieces as they read.
For a summarizing activity, I gave students the opportunity to select a method. They could complete one of three activities-writing a summary,creating a comic strip,or putting together a photo album. The students enjoyed having the choice while the final product provided a clear picture of their ability level in summarizing a reading selection.
I have used the exit slip summarizing strategy a few times this year. I call it your ticket out. This assignment is always short and to the point, based on concepts we have been learning and often the essential question of that day. I believe this strategy promotes the students attentiveness and participation. The most recent ticket out I required was the work on using the formula to calculate the speed of their recyclable race cars. This allowed me to see who needs more help and who understands the math of physics.
I have used tickets out the door in a variety of methods: answer to a particular problem or essential question; assignment that was due on that date; questions that pertained to the lesson asked to individual students. Suzanne Goble
I used the license plate as a summarizing strategy to the Real Money, Real World lessons. Students had to summarize what they had learned and create a license plate.
I also like to use tickets out the door, which also helps me to plan what I do the next day. Cassie Crowder
I am going to be real honest. I have used tickets out the door, but not often. I find that I need to slow down in the end and summarize better. I don't feel like the tickets out the door were beneficial because I rushed through them just like I do most days. This helps me be aware of my weakness and that I need to do a better job.
Exit slips work for me. I have students to define a word in one sentence in their planner and ask a certian group to show me their planner before they leave. I don't like using tickets-to much involved for the size of my class.
I like to use one sentence summaries. It allows me to determine how quickly and fully my students can summarize a large amount of information on a topic in a few words. This activity seems to work well because it allows students to chunk information by consensing it into smaller bits and it is easier for the students to sort out and recall the information.
ReplyDeleteI like to use "ticket out the door". I can use it for notes, as well as, math problems. I can check their notes to make sure they are participating, and I can check a math problem to ensure that they understand the concept. This is especially useful when you want to check computation on non-calculator type problems.
ReplyDeleteI recently used the bumper sticker activity in my Social Studies class to summarize the events leading up to the Revolution. Students did a great job of using slogans and artwork to express the colonists' feelings toward the British taxes. It was an excellent hands-on activity that reviewed the key concepts we had just covered.
ReplyDeleteI have used the shaping up review. I like it because it requires higher level thinking, especially when the students have to differentiate between 4 main concepts/ideas and 3 important facts that they learned.
ReplyDeleteI used reflective exit slips during the last unit I was teaching. They helped the students to really see what they had learned. These slips also helped me to see what they had learned and how they felt. They were very effective!
ReplyDeleteI have used an index card to have the students write the answer to their essential question for that day. The EQ is always the basis for what we are covering for the day. So, if they can answer the question I know they have accomplish the goal for the day. This is used as their ticket out the door, they can't leave the room till they have handed me the index card.
ReplyDeleteOne summarizing strategy that I use is a concept map. This works great with short stories or novels and even math. I used this with A Christmas Carol. Students did one based on the book and one based on the movie.
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I used a foldable to summarize the math properties. After learning about them and working with them, students had to create a foldable describing each one.
ReplyDeleteI use a modified version of cartooning. My students create their own cartoons after reading a story with boardmaker and add sentences that go along with the picture. This allows them to summarize the story in their own way. Mandy
ReplyDeleteI use exit slips on which they write the one sentence summary about the days topic. I have also used Story Stars for mapping out elements of the story we read that day. I find that both of these work well.
ReplyDeleteYvonne Miller Locklear
After the completion of a foldable about the solar system, students used the teacher created flipchart to demonstrate their understanding of the unit. The flipchart displayed pictures of the unit's vocabulary. Behind each picture was hidden the vocabulary word and a link for further reinforcement. Students were asked guestions by me to get to the correct illustration or photograph and then explored their answers. They loved the review and the fact that they could use the activeboard.
ReplyDeleteI have not done this activity yet, but cartooning is one I look forward to. There are several popular band cartoons that I would use as inspiration. These would including, "Tales from Band Camp" and the ever famous "Harry L. Dinkle, Westview High school Scapegoat Marching Band." (The latter which is marketing Dinkle marching band shoes!)
ReplyDeleteI like to do a ticket out the door were each students writes down one thing they learned on a sticky and hands to me on their way out the door.
ReplyDeleteI used the Active Expressions voting as a summarizing event. Mini lesson pertaining to genre types.
ReplyDeleteI have used the ticket out the door, but also used a quick "key questions" summarizer before students are allowed to leave. Students must answer the questions correctly so that knowledge from the topic of the day can be assessed. My "key questions" are always on my active board flipchart.
ReplyDeleteAdam Kennington
Towards the end of a class, I like to ask students at random to briefly tell me what they learned that day in class. This helps them learn how to condense many details into only a few sentences. This works well in all subject areas and especially with EC students.
ReplyDeleteDaily,on the board, the class can see what is going on for that day(Q of the day,Warm-up,Focus and Close).the activity in the "close" section usually is an activity that asks them to use the skill we learned in class or its a review question. They can see a progression of events on the board that leads to a logical conclusion of the lesson. Coach Beck.
ReplyDeleteAfter teaching a full chapter I have the students write a summary on each lesson, three sentences at most. This lets me know if they have learned what each chapter is about.
ReplyDeleteI have used something very similar to the Exit Slips activity in my class this year. I will open a class chat room and ask a question to the room. I have the class to respond to me and the other students comments about the topic. This shows me what they know and how they can help clear up other students views on the idea.
ReplyDeleteI like to use what is called the 5W's and How. It requires students to simply answer the who, what, when, where, why, and how of a story. In helping remind students to think of these components while reading, I have traced out my hand and have written the 5W's on them. While reading a short story/novel I have them write down the 5W's and H on paper while skipping lines that way they can fill in the missing pieces as they read.
ReplyDeleteI often use the ticket out the door with my students. It works very well as a quick formative assessment.
ReplyDeleteFor a summarizing activity, I gave students the opportunity to select a method. They could complete one of three activities-writing a summary,creating a comic strip,or putting together a photo album. The students enjoyed having the choice while the final product provided a clear picture of their ability level in summarizing a reading selection.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of my digestive system lesson, I had the students write a creative story about the travel of a grape through the digestive system.
ReplyDeleteI have used the exit slip summarizing strategy a few times this year. I call it your ticket out. This assignment is always short and to the point, based on concepts we have been learning and often the essential question of that day. I believe this strategy promotes the students attentiveness and participation. The most recent ticket out I required was the work on using the formula to calculate the speed of their recyclable race cars. This allowed me to see who needs more help and who understands the math of physics.
ReplyDeleteI have used tickets out the door in a variety of methods: answer to a particular problem or essential question; assignment that was due on that date; questions that pertained to the lesson asked to individual students.
ReplyDeleteSuzanne Goble
I used the license plate as a summarizing strategy to the Real Money, Real World lessons. Students had to summarize what they had learned and create a license plate.
ReplyDeleteI also like to use tickets out the door, which also helps me to plan what I do the next day.
Cassie Crowder
I am going to be real honest. I have used tickets out the door, but not often. I find that I need to slow down in the end and summarize better. I don't feel like the tickets out the door were beneficial because I rushed through them just like I do most days. This helps me be aware of my weakness and that I need to do a better job.
ReplyDeleteExit slips work for me. I have students to define a word in one sentence in their planner and ask a certian group to show me their planner before they leave. I don't like using tickets-to much involved for the size of my class.
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