5E Lesson Plan Assessment Summary

Assessments are important aspects of any lesson. Not only do assessments allow teachers

to determine whether students understand the concept or content being taught, but they also

inform teachers of how to adjust their instruction to better meet the needs of their students.

Additionally, assessments can be used to let teachers know how effective their instruction was. It

is important to assess students throughout a lesson as well as when the lesson concludes.

Formative assessments, which are quick and informal assessments, are used throughout a lesson

by teachers to see how students are progressing in their learning. At the end of a lesson, teachers

use a summative assessment to check students’ ability to meet the lesson’s learning goals.

Although I will be constantly assessing my students formatively through the use of

observations and questioning, there are three “official” formative assessments implemented in

my 5E lesson plan. The first formative assessment occurs after the engagement activity. During

the engagement activity, the students will begin a virtual KWL chart on the U.S. government.

They will complete the K (know) and W (want to know) part of this chart during this section of

the lesson. I will formatively assess the students’ responses on the KWL chart by reading their

sticky notes to see what they already know about the government and what they want to learn

about the government. This will help guide my instruction throughout the remainder of the

lesson. Understanding what students already know about the government will inform me of their

background knowledge and prior learning. After viewing the students’ sticky notes, I will be able

to make tweaks to my Prezi, which I will use to teach my students about the branches of

government during the explanation part of the lesson.

The second formative assessment that I will use in my 5E lesson plan will occur after the

exploration part of the lesson. During the exploration, students will research one of the branches
of government using at least two technology resources. After learning about one of the branches,

they will show me what they know by completing the L (learned) part of the virtual KWL chart,

which they will have begun in the engagement part of the lesson. This formative assessment will

allow the students to tell me something that they learned about the government from their

research so far. It will also allow me to check and see how effective the exploration part of the

lesson was.

The third formative assessment that I will use in my 5E lesson plan will occur after the

explanation part of the lesson. During the explanation, I will use an engaging Prezi to teach the

students about the three branches of government. After learning more about the branches of

government, the students will show what they know by completing a Kahoot quiz. The Kahoot

quiz asks developmentally appropriate questions about the branches of government such as “how

many branches of government are there?” and “which branch of government creates laws?” The

Kahoot will provide me with data on how much the students have learned about the branches of

government thus far.

The final assessment in my 5E lesson plan is a summative assessment that the students

will complete in the elaboration section of the lesson. For this summative assessment, the

students will create a Google slide where they will list at least three facts about their assigned

branch of government. They will also utilize the technological tools featured in Google slides,

such as changing the background color of their slide and changing the font size, to individualize

their work. This activity is a summative assessment because I will use a rubric to assess the

students’ growth towards three of the ISTE standards: Digital Citizen (#2), Knowledge

Constructor (#3), and Creative Communicator (#6). I will also be able to see what information
about their assigned branch of government each student learned from their research and from my

Prezi.

Each of the assessments that I will use in my 5E lesson will allow me to clearly

understand what my students learn throughout the lesson. The assessments will also allow me to

determine how well my students are able to utilize technology to help them learn and to express

their learning. Each of the assessments require students to use technology, which builds their 21st

century skills and helps to prepare them for their future. The use of technology also allows for

more engaging assessments that the students will enjoy completing. Overall, this 5E lesson and

the assessments that are imbedded within it should be very valuable experiences for my students.