Teach Now Pre-Assessment for Differentiation

Pre-Assessment for Differentiation

Subject: Learning Lab

Grade: 6th

Topic: Growth Mindset

Guiding question: How can my mindset help me be successful in school?

Pre Assesment: 

Google Classroom question. Students will fill in a Google Form related to Growth Mindset, reporting if they agree or disagree with different statements. For example “You can only be good at something if you were born with the talent” with the answer options of “strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree”. There will be 5 statements in order to keep it short. 

After the Pre-Assessment, students will work individually on their organization routine while the teacher categorizes the answers and creates the groups to differentiate activities. 

These were the results:

5 students showed a high understanding of Growth Mindset.

12 students showed some understanding of the basics of Growth Mindset, however, they need to work on its application in real life.

5 students who appear to have limited knowledge about the topic, of which 3 are struggling with language and are at different reading levels (this information was shared by the Learning Center) and 2 students who have little to no comprehension of the topic and need to be tested further based on their progress.

Based on these results, three groups were created: 

(check out a flowchart HERE)

Jedi Masters for a day: students will research current best practices related to Growth Mindset and create a shared document with the findings. With this information, they will create a guide to survive Middle School based on Growth Mindset principles and find an engaging way to present it (PowToon, video, infographic, etc). The final product will be shared in the following 5th-grade assembly or posted on the walls in the case of paper-based products. 

Little Oprahs: There will be two mini groups in this activity. All the participants will what a video about Growth Mindset and testimonies from students. After watching the videos, their goal is to come up with challenging real-life situations, for example, having to re-take a summative evaluation. Each group will take turns to present the situation (a play, a comic strip, narrating it, etc) and the other group will possible solutions using a Growth Mindset. After this, they will come up with a creative way to present the information to their peers in MS, for example, creating posters for the hallway with problems and options. 

Detectives: This group will watch a video about what Growth Mindset is, with many visuals and straight forward vocabulary (this will help students who struggle to understand and use the language). They will create a graphic organizer with important information. They will have the opportunity to use an organizer created for the teacher or create one themselves. This will help the student who is below the rest to know what concent is key and to catch up with the rest of the group. Finally, they will come up with a fun way to present the basics of Growth Mindset to 5th grades and the rest of M.S, for example, a video, poster or PowToon.