Assessing, assessing, assessing! As a special education teacher I feel like I am ALWAYS assessing my students. I love to see the gains they are making, but I do not like taking time out of our busy schedule to assess my students. All the students in my classroom have IEP's and I am mandated to progress monitor them either weekly or bi-weekly. It takes me an entire day and a half to progress monitor my students on their IEP goals. This is not a fun time for my students.
While I am testing my students individually, my other students are reading from their book boxes or using their iPads. To beef up the fun, we put up reading forts around the classroom. These are good ole' fashion forts made from sheets. Surely, you all made forts in your living room and bedrooms when you were kids. My students absolutely love making these forts and have perfect bheavior when it is time to build them and spend our day testing.
Don't worry, we don't spend every minute of the day testing. We have several breaks and there is always a fun art project or science experiment planned. :)
While my students are reading and quiet I am working 1-1 with my students and assessing their newly gained skills. In our
TPT store I have uploaded my quarterly sight word assessment and my quarterly alphabet assessment.
Building these forts is a fun and easy way to get my students motivated for a day of assessments. How do you get keep your students occupied on testing days?
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