I Taught My Dog to Whistle

Focusing on assessment and standards based grading in a middle school science classroom...with some dog training on the side.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

The 40-40-40 rule

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I am going to start out bold here, but the best book and resources for curriculum development is without a doubt Understanding by Design by...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Every time I hear someone say Formative Assessment

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Every time I hear someone say Formative Assessment... ...this scene keeps running through my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wujVMI...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

I Hate Formative Assessments!

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Well, mostly, I hate the TERM formative assessments.  What does it really mean?  I think we get hung up on the term formative assessment and...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Why Standards-Based Grading

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A Twitter conversation prompted this post.  While doing a quick Twitter check before bed last night, I ran across @stopsbg and the assoc...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Updates on NGSS and SBG

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I previously posted some thoughts on connecting NGSS to SBG.   My ending question was: Is 18-19 standards too many for SBG.  I have since c...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Origami Frog Natural Selection

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Just a neat activity to share: We are working on genetics, and just took that the next step to see how genetics would change as the proces...
Monday, June 3, 2013

Letting them go

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About an hour ago, I flat our cried in front of a student, thanking her for the inspiration she provided me this year.  It seems so backward...
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I am a 7th grade Life Science teacher in north central Wisconsin. One of my biggest interests is investigating how quality assessment can be the driver of great curriculum, instruction, and ultimately learning.
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