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Self Checking Activities
One of my favorite time savers is self-checking activities. Students love them because they can work independently or in partners. I love them because students check their work first. If they get stuck, then they ask for help. I also love that I can assign multiple self-checking activities at the same time, so that students can be working on different content when necessary.
Creative Assessment in Math
Today, I share one of the easiest activities to take out of the classroom and send home. You can use it in math, social studies, and science (although I haven't tried it). I call it graffiti. I used to call it the doodle because it was inspired by the Google doodles but some teachers use doodle notes which can make it confusing. In English they do a similar activity which they call the one-pager, often for a novel students have read. Basically, graffiti is the summary and analysis of a topic. It's great for assessment or review or ongoing analysis.