Fractions

Strand: Number
Outcome: 6

Step 4: Assess Student Learning

Guiding Questions

Look back at what you determined as acceptable evidence in Step 2.
What are the most appropriate methods and activities for assessing student learning?
How will I align my assessment strategies with my teaching strategies?

Sample Assessment Tasks

In addition to ongoing assessment throughout the lessons, consider the following sample activities to evaluate students' learning at key milestones. Suggestions are given for assessing all students as a class or in groups, individual students in need of further evaluation and individual or groups of students in a variety of contexts.

A. Whole Class/Group Assessment

Examples of Whole Class/Group Assessment Word Document

B. One-on-One Assessment

Examples of One on One Assessment Word Document

C. Applied Learning

Provide opportunities for the students to use the knowledge they have gained about multiplying and dividing fractions and notice whether or not this knowledge transfers.

Activity 1: Have the students get a favourite family recipe and half, double and triple the ingredients.

Activity 2: Have the students find five examples of fractions from the real world.

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