Differentiated Quizzes

Guided quiz

So one of my goals this semester is to differentiate all of my quizzes.  Through classwork and other pre-assessments, I determine which students are still struggling with the concept and which students have mastered the topic.  This way I can see if the child understands the concept or parts of the concept.  I want to know exactly where they went wrong.

Normal quiz ( the 100s on this one gave me some comfort that it had been taught)

I need to re-work my multi-step equations quiz.  After multiple low grades on the last quiz, I have been racking my brain on how to improve the quiz/their learning.  So instead I figured I would open it up for suggestions.  I knew that some students were struggling to grasp what was being distributed in the problem, so I have covered distribution yet again.  I even gave points for highlighting like terms correctly, but I still think it may need to be a bit more guided.  What would you suggest? 

Multi-Step activity

So my students will need tons of practice on this section.  Previous to our quiz today, I had the students walk around the class and answer each question of the set of 8.  Once they have solve a problem, they find the card matching the solution.  They should complete all 8 problems.  If they didn't solve all 8, then they need to revisit their work.  If they can't find their answer, they need to revisit their work.

I send them in groups of three or four depending on the size of the class, so there isn't a pile up.  If class all end up at the same equation, I may sit them down in groups and allow them a "runner" to get the next equation.  I'll post an update on it later today, since I didn't share any goodies yesterday.

Snow catch up part two

So today my kids were foldable overloaded. We had to make up for four lost days of curriculum.

First, we started with a two step refresher  foldable. The kids solved two step equations on the inside and explained in their own words how they arrived at their answer. 

Next, I found an awesome foldable online on teachers pay teachers. I think it is by far the best step by step foldable I have seen yet. 

Then, we worked out a few problems using the foldable. This led to the discussion of when the coefficient in front of the variable is the same. 

Finally, we concluded with their homework, which originally would have been a classroom assignment. Four no solution, four all real number equations, and four with a solution. They had to solve each to determine which pocket to place the slips into.