I am so excited about these posters! They have already made a huge impact on my classroom. My students are motivated and eager to learn and are not stressed when things are being evaluated!
Let me share with you how I use these posters to support this environment.
At my school, we found that students would look at their mark (a percentage or a mark on 10) and then be discouraged or happy and move on with their day. Myself, along with two of my colleagues, decided to remove percentages this year and go with a colour coding system to see if we could change this.
The theory behind using the colours is that students will take charge of their learning and be more interested in where they made their mistakes in order to improve for the next time.
The first day I introduced the colours, my students seemed very interested, but I wasn’t fully convinced. It wasn’t until I gave out our first piece of work with a colour and comments that I saw how truly effective this system was. My class fell silent as each student read their comments and some even brought me their work to ASK QUESTIONS. I could not believe it! And these are my little 7-year olds!!!!
The minute I removed the mark and put a colour, the comments became the most important part of their feedback. This allowed my students to better understand where they went wrong in order for them to learn from their mistakes.
The posters themselves are designed in such a way that I can use them for spot checks in the classroom (students raise 1-5 fingers to tell me where they feel they are at with a new concept I have shown them) and for students to understand what their colour means on their work.
Even the parents have been thrilled with this concept and are fully supportive! It is just overall wonderful!
I am looking forward to updating you as the year progresses!
You can purchase my posters HERE at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store! Enjoy!
Let me share with you how I use these posters to support this environment.
At my school, we found that students would look at their mark (a percentage or a mark on 10) and then be discouraged or happy and move on with their day. Myself, along with two of my colleagues, decided to remove percentages this year and go with a colour coding system to see if we could change this.
The theory behind using the colours is that students will take charge of their learning and be more interested in where they made their mistakes in order to improve for the next time.
The first day I introduced the colours, my students seemed very interested, but I wasn’t fully convinced. It wasn’t until I gave out our first piece of work with a colour and comments that I saw how truly effective this system was. My class fell silent as each student read their comments and some even brought me their work to ASK QUESTIONS. I could not believe it! And these are my little 7-year olds!!!!
The minute I removed the mark and put a colour, the comments became the most important part of their feedback. This allowed my students to better understand where they went wrong in order for them to learn from their mistakes.
The posters themselves are designed in such a way that I can use them for spot checks in the classroom (students raise 1-5 fingers to tell me where they feel they are at with a new concept I have shown them) and for students to understand what their colour means on their work.
Even the parents have been thrilled with this concept and are fully supportive! It is just overall wonderful!
I am looking forward to updating you as the year progresses!
You can purchase my posters HERE at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store! Enjoy!
