Teacher Generated Worksheets and Assessments

Teacher Generated Worksheets and Assessments

Work Sample 1: Chemicals in Our World Cloze Guide

One of my students with a learning disability had a difficult time reading and note-taking. Throughout my student teaching, I was having student groups work together to take T-notes. T-notes involve students reading the material and determining the most important information. Afterwards, we would have a class discussion on the notes where students would report what they had found to the class and new information would be added as needed. Each time the class did T-notes, I created a cloze guide of the reading for this particular student. This is an example of a cloze guide the student was given for the chemicals unit. In addition, during the note taking process, I would make sure that this student was able to follow the guide. These guides worked well, the student generally had few questions and was able to complete them in the time allotted. In addition, they did not hinder performance (as the student scored a high B on the test!).

Work Sample 2: Natural and Synthetic Chemicals Double Bubble Map with Questions

I created this double bubble map on natural and synthetic chemicals for students to graphically apply what they had learned in their t-notes. I generally utilize concept maps and Frayer models for the worksheets that I generate for students. I find that these really assist students with learning new vocabulary and organizing newly learned information. Furthermore, the questions on this worksheet are designed to get students brainstorming the chemicals they are exposed to and the risks and benefits of exposure. This segued into the next lesson.

Work Sample 3: Mathematics Assessment

In mathematics, most of the assessments I used were generated using the CMP tools provided. However, I created this assessment. I showed it to our planned learning community (PLC). PLCs consisted of all of the content teachers in a grade level and met weekly. The assessment was utilized by all members of the PLC (in other words, was given to all eighth grade mathematic classes).