STUDENT RESPONSE AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Name: Rachel Allman

Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Content Area: Social Studies
Standards Addressed:
SS3CG1 Describe the elements of representative democracy/republic in the United States.
a. Describe the three branches of national government: executive (president), legislative
(Congress), and judicial (Supreme Court of the United States).

Student Response Technology Used:

NearPod Socrative PollEverywhere iRespond TodaysMeet Other:
Technology that students will use to respond to questions/prompts:
Computer Hand-held student response system (such as iRespond) Phone
Tablet (such as iPad Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Describe the instructional activities that will occur prior to the SRS activity and how you will
introduce the SRS activity: The students will read pages 218-224 in their Social Studies textbook and
complete an interactive workbook assignment with the vocabulary words from the reading. The students
will watch a BrainPop video on the branches of government and review with a teacher before completing
this assessment.
Describe the purpose of the SRS activity (check all that apply):
Assess Prior Knowledge Anticipatory Set (Create Interest in a Topic) To Illuminate Common
Misconceptions Formative Assessment of Content Knowledge (for purposes of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) Summative Assessment of Content Knowledge Test Preparation
Survey/Poll Discussion Starter Homework Collection Other
Additional explanation of purpose (optional): This assessment will go in the students gradebook as a
Social Studies grade.

Type of session: Teacher-Paced Student-Paced

Identification of students:
Students will log-in so their individual scores will be available to you after the session
SRS activity will be anonymous
Briefly describe what will happen during the SRS activity (For example: What will students do? What
will the teacher do? What materials are needed? How long will the SRS activity take? The overview should
be a minimum of 2 paragraphs.):
Students will take a Chromebook back to their desk or go to one of the desktop computers. The
students will then login to their Socrative account and look for The Branches of Government quiz the
teacher has shared with them. The students will be allowed to use their notes on this quiz.

While the students are taking the quiz, the teacher will be walking around monitoring the students
making sure they are staying on task and using the resources they are allowed to use. When students have
finished taking the quiz, the teacher will allow them to AR read until everyone is finished taking the quiz.
Once everyone has finished, the teacher will go over the correct answers with the students. After they are

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finished going over the answers, the teacher will release the students to grab their snacks and get ready to
go to recess.

Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):

See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Types of questions/prompts (Check all that apply):
Multiple choice Multiple Select True/False Yes/No Short open-ended response
or fill in the blank Longer open-ended response
Provide samples of questions/prompts to be given to students:

1) Name the three branches of government.

____________________ __________________________ ______________________

2) The Legislative branch contains

a) The Supreme Court
b) The president, a governor, or a mayor
c) Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives

3) What is the branch of government that carries out the laws?

a) Judicial
b) State
c) Executive
d) Legislative

4) What is the branch of government that makes up the laws?

a) Judicial
b) State
c) Executive
d) Legislative

Right/Wrong Answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions? Yes No

Mixed (Some will have correct answers, others will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback:
Will you pre-select correct answers to some or all of the questions and display correct response to the class
after the SRS activity? Yes No
Why or why not? The teacher will go through the correct answers once all the students have finished
taking the quiz. She will not, however, show the percentages for right or wrong answers. The students will
receive this information in a printed test that will go home with their report card.
Use of data: What data will be collected as a result of this activity? How will it be used and by whom?
(For example: Will information collected from this activity be used to award a grade? Will the individual
information collected be shared with students and/or parents to help them monitor individual progress?
Will you discuss the aggregate, anonymous data with the whole class to help them learn? Will you use data
to differentiate instruction for students, if so describe how.)

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The data collected from this assessment will be used as a Social Studies grade for each students
report card.

Describe what will occur after the SRS activity: After the students have completed the quiz, the teacher
will go over the correct answers with the students. Once they are finished going over the correct answers,
the teacher will release the students to go to recess.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity. (For example: What are you trying that you have
not tried before? What do you hope to learn from this activity? How do you hope it will help students learn?
You must design something that will help you learn something new. Honor system!): By allowing the
students to use their notes, I am hoping to see an improvement in their grades. We have been working with
using our resources, and this is a test to see if students are able to find the information they need within the
text.
Other comments about your SRS activity (optional):