Every resource that I can find has reading passages that are one or more pages, with questions that are from a broad array of standards. It seems like it is easier to find products that I am looking for geared towards younger grades, not older grades. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING! Coming from second grade where I knew exactly where each student was, to going to sixth grade where it feels like a shot in the dark feels like I am in the twilight zone . . . and no, I am not talking about working with middle schoolers. Although, I feel like I am a sixth grade teacher teaching kindergarteners where you give one direction at a time. If you teach middle schoolers, you know exactly what I am talking about.
So, I did what any other dedicated teacher and tpter would do. I made some. Finally, I can assess my students one standards at a time with quick exit tickets.
Now I can get to know exactly where my kids are, and more importantly, they can rate their level of understanding. If my students only answer one question correct, but rate that they only understand the standard at a 1, then I know that they definitely need to work on the standard. If a student misses 1 but rates themselfs a a 4, them when I talk to the student, maybe they had the answer narrowed down to 2 choices and chose the weaker choice. The more my kids can rate themselves and talk to me about how they feel, the more I know my kids.
Hopefully I made my life, and yours, a little easier. Now if anyone has any advice on how to get every sixth grader in the room to follow one direction at a time AT THE SAME Time. Please share the wealth because all I can say is that #thesixthgradestruggleisreal!
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