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Evaluations:

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Using Evaluations as PLANNING tools

SUGGESTIONS:

Grammar Level Evaluation Strategies

Dialectic Level Evaluation Strategies

Rhetoric Level Evaluation Strategies

STOCK TOOLS FOR EVALUATION:

Portfolios

Projects

Oral Presentations

Learning Logs

Journals

Graphic Organizers

Published Tests: preparing for them and taking them.

Games!

Portfolios

As you read in the introductory notes to Tapestry of Grace:

Most states (and more and more colleges) accept portfolios as a way of demonstrating your child's achievement during the school year. As you go along in Tapestry of Grace, you'll constantly be directed to make this or that project, and include it (or a photo of it) in your portfolio. In terms of presenting a complete picture of the year's achievements to the outside world, portfolios are perhaps most important for High School home schoolers, but they give a great sense of accomplishment to moms and students alike, no matter what the age. For younger students, they are far more valuable as assessment tools than traditional quizzes/tests, which only test retention of a limited number of facts and dates. So, take time to snap pictures of your students' projects, activities, and special nights. Then, if this is your first time building a portfolio as a means of assessment, review the goals for the endeavor with your student before starting the project. Goals might be to encourage the student to:

"sum up," "overview," and "solidify" his course material
combine the honing of life skills with the academic, factual subject matter
display his work to others for added encouragement and enjoyment
learn more about his subject by continuing to review his past work as he displays and explains it to others.

Here are some things to collect as you're completing course work, week by week:

Photos of hands-on activities, in the making or completed, or both, with a caption written by the student, explaining what’s going on
Time lines
Maps
Tests and quizzes
Essays, or other writing, polished and printed
Pictures from field trips (captioned)
Books the child writes (like "Book of Presidents")
Math/Science: answers to questions, lab notebooks, tests.

You can use three-ring binders (the ones with clear plastic on the cover are great 'cause your child can decorate 'em) with vinyl page protectors to protect photo pages, or a photo album.

More to come...