5.+Assessment


 * __Formative Assessment:__ **(list any checkpoints that will provide students with formative feedback)


 * I will informally assesses students and groups as I walk around the class each day during work time.
 * I will check the Students Survey answers to ensure they have the correct answers.
 * I will check the students Wordles to verify the words are about global warming.
 * I will check the information on the group Wiki on a regular basis.
 * I will read and respond to the individual student Blogs.
 * The students will take one quiz during the duration of the unit

**__Summative Assessment:__**

These rubrics were created by Danielle Weare.

This Rubic would assess the student's group Wikis


 * Category || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Ideas/ Research || Students independently identify at least 4 reasonable, insightful, creative ideas about their Global Warming Research. || Students independently identify at least 3 reasonable, insightful, creative ideas about their Global Warming Research. || Students identify at least 2 reasonable, insightful, creative ideas about their Global Warming Research. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students provide incorrect or missing ideas about their Global Warming Research. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Group Responsibility || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Each student in the group can clearly explain what information is needed by the group, what information they are responsible for uploading on the Wiki and when the information is needed. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Each student in the group can clearly explain what information they are responsible for uploading on the Wiki. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Each student in the group can, with minimal prompting from peers, clearly explain what information they are responsible for uploading on the Wiki. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">One or more students in the group cannot clearly explain what information they are responsible for uploading on the Wiki. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Organization of Information || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered on the Wiki. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered on the Wiki || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered on the Wiki. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students have no clear plan for organizing the information AND/OR their Wiki is missing information. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Group Participation || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">All of the members of the group have edited the Wiki AT LEAST two times, and spoke during the presentation. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Most of the members of the group have edited the Wiki AT LEAST once, and spoke during the presentation. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Only half of the members of the group have edited the Wiki AT LEAST once, and spoke during the presentation. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">One or Zero of the members of the group have edited the Wiki during the duration of the project, and spoke during the presentation. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Sources || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students correctly provide where they retrieved all of their information sources. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students mostly provide where they retrieved all of their information sources. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students provide their information sources but do so incorrectly. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students do not provide where they retrieved their information sources. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Possible Points: || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> /20 Points ||  ||   ||   ||

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This Rubric will be used to assess the students' reflection paragraph


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Category || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Organization || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A paragraph is well organized; Indented beginning of the paragraph. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Organization is strong enough to move the reader through, the paragraph correctly. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Paragraph is not well organized; the paragraph is not indented correctly. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Paragraph is not well organized, difficult to follow. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Convention || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Correct conventions (spelling, grammar, punctuation, and usage). Minimal to no errors in writing. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Conventions are sometimes handled well and enhance readability; Few errors and sometimes difficult to read || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Conventions are distracting, more frequent errors, is difficult to read || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Conventions are distracting, reader must read it over again to figure out what writer is saying. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ideas || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The writing is clear and focused, holds readers attention, many well thought out details and description. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The writing is a little unclear. The reader’s attention is lost, details are present, more information is needed || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ideas relate but details are missing, attention is lost, needs more details and information. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The writing is not clear, and many details are missing ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Possible Points: || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> /12 Points ||  ||   ||   ||