7. Assessment

In this lesson, I went over throwing cues with a football. At the beginning of the lesson, I demonstrated the correct way to throw a football. This artifact was created for the beginning of the football unit so students can understand the proper and to improve throwing skills.

The performance indicator 7K from the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (2013) states, "The competent teacher appropriately uses a variety of formal and informal assessments to evaluate the understanding, progress, and performance of an individual student and the class as a whole."

What I learned from this artifact is that informal and formal assessments can be useful. Utilizing certain activities can make it effective for students to continue to work on there skills.

This lesson plan focused on students k-2 underhand tossing skills. I demonstrated four different cues for the game Make it or Take it. I created different spots for the students to toss from. Some students may toss farther than others depending on skill. Students have to underhand toss in the bucket and earn as many popsicle sticks as possible.

The performance indicator 7I from the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (2013) states, "The competent teacher knows assessment and progress monitoring techniques to assess the effectiveness of instruction for each student."

This activity allowed students to continuously perform underhand tosses. The activity allowed me monitor students skills. In this game, students had to wait in turn in line so before they proceeded to toss I can briefly give them feedback.