April 21, 2011

Last Thursday I was only able to be in the classroom for half an hour because I had to come back to my own school to register for the AP tests I am taking this year. Therefore, I was only there long enough to watch them grade their homework and help with that. But I do remember from a couple of months ago, the teacher assigned a project as an alternative assessment for them. This project consisted of writing their names in hieroglyphs. They were graded on the accuracy of their interpretations of the glyphs and how creative they could make their posters. Although not a huge project this gave the students an alternative to taking a test and were able to use their imaginations and creativity. I enjoyed looking at all the different ideas they came up with the next time I went.