Teach Mathematics | Track Student Progress

Hi everyone, I'm Winnie. I'm a teacher and a relieving assistant principal in a primary school in Sydney, and welcome to my new video. And I'm in my new apartment, in my new living room, and I finally got my wedding photos up, so I'm really happy about that. Okay, let's get straight into it. So today I'm going to talk about a really quick and easy way to have a look at your students' progress and see where they are at. So let me show you an example what I've got. So have a look. So this is a sheet that I put together. I've been using exit slips to figure out where kids are at for their math. And so I had all these little bits of paper everywhere and I was thinking, well, why don't I just put it all on the one sheet of paper and then I'll be able to just see it. See where they're at. So on this piece of paper here, so I will screen share and share a version of this, share this with you as well in the description box below. But as you can see, I've put in like all the different math goals, and then I've put in color-coded as well. And I can already see that this student has been able to achieve this, this, this, this, and this is where they are up to for this student here on angles, and I will show you a screen share. Yeah, I will screen share you one of what I am showing you so that you can have a look, and on this page, I can already easily see that the students started on this goal and that they are now on this goal down here. So let me just screen share and show you what it looks like so you can clearly see it. So this is what it looks like. We were working on angles this week and I put in the math goals, all of the different goals, and I have a Stage 2 class, so Year 3-4. So I put in the goals for Year 3 and I put in the Year 4 goals and I also put in the Year 5 math goals for angles as well so that I could see who was working above and who needed to be extended as well. So this is, yeah, the exit slips and they're all on one page so that I can easily have a glance at, you know, where they are up to, etc. So from those examples, I could see one of my students was able to complete 1, 2, 3, 4 goals for the angles. And then, yeah, so I color-coded it so that I could easily see what content it was from as well. And I give these exit slips throughout the week. So once they have completed, and once I've taught that, and once they have completed activities, then they will complete that. And then the next time they complete activities for the next math goal for angles, then they complete this exit slip because— and then at the end of the week, so today I've been able to see what they got up to as well. And then, you know, if we come back to angles again and we come back to the same math topic, like if we're, you know, doing addition and subtraction or etc., then I can see where they got up to and and then we can continue on from there. So they can work on their own individual goals. Yeah, and I found a lot of benefits as well because on the one page, I can easily see where they're up to. I can put it in their student portfolio and folder. So I've given each student their own folder and they know that after they complete their exit slip, it goes into that folder so that I have it ready for parent-teacher interviews. So this is just an easy one page that you know, can go into their folder and I can just whip it out during parent-teacher interviews and show them, you know, this is where they're working, this is where they're at and where they can go to next, etc. And also, it's going to be so easy for me to report and comment on as well because I'll be able to use these goals and just copy-paste. So, you know, if the student is up to using estimating, measuring, and comparing angles using degrees, then I can just copy and paste that and then I can put that in as their comment because if they're working or if they can do this already and they achieve that goal, then I can put that into their report comments. So that's super easy to report on. And I can also use this data to track my whole class as well. So the way that I do that is, let me just show you here. So whole class tracking. So I put the goals up, color code them. I put in all my students' names in as well. And then as the week goes, or at the end of the week, I will— if I'm doing this on a Google Doc or a Word doc, then I'll bold all of those kids who have achieved their goals, or I will if I've printed it out and I'm doing it on paper, usually it's just easier for me to do it on paper, then I will just tick next to their names if they have achieved that goal. And that's just such an easy way to track my class, especially if I've got the exit slips here and then I've got my math goals and their, you know, the question and they've answered it. And if they've gotten it right, then I know, okay, yes, they've been able to achieved that goal there. And I can also tick it off on the class tracking sheet as well. And it's just such an easy way. Yeah, to see. And I have, I have like a whole bunch of these like up in my classroom so that I can, you know, I can go around and just see where my kids are up to for angles or addition and subtraction or whatever the math concept is. And also At the beginning of the week, I will give them a pre-test, a pre-test as well to figure out where they are at. So what goal they're working on or working towards. And the way that I do that is I'll use the pre-test that I've gathered. And then I will, on the sheet or on the Google Doc or Word document, I'll highlight those kids who who, yeah, need to work on that goal. And that will show me, you know, who needs to work on goal 1, or who needs to work on this goal, etc. So then I can cater for those kids. And then at the end of the week, because I'm ticking them off if they are able to achieve that goal, then I can actually see their progress. Their learning progress. I can see where they've started and I can see what goals they've been able to tick off. So that's been really, yeah, really helpful as well. So yeah, so this is just my easy way of how to, yeah, how I keep track of where my students are at. Yeah, I use the exit slips. I break it down, you know, whatever the topic is, and I break it down into different goals, and then I create questions that link to that goal, and then if they can, you know, after they have— after I've taught it, after they've completed their activities, and if they are able to, you know, answer this question correctly, then I can tick it off, and then as the week goes by, I can see how much they've been able to progress. Yeah, so Yeah, like, for example, you know, this one here, this student here, this week they've been, they've actually been able to achieve a lot. They've been able to achieve the first, second, third, and fourth goal here, and they've been able to show me, you know, how much they have learned on angles. So that's, yeah, a really quick and easy way that I track student progress. For math. So yeah, let me know next, for next week, because I'm thinking of doing one of these videos. So let me know which one you want. I might do one on how I come up with the math learning goals and where they're from. I might do one on math assessments because I do give a pre-test and I found out a really good way to do it without marking. Just saved me so much time. And also could do a video on how to program to my math goals and how I differentiate effectively to cater for everyone's individual needs as well. So yeah, let me know in the comments which, like, what video you want me to do next week, and then yeah, we'll go from there. So yeah, anyway, thank you for listening to my video. I hope you have had a really good week. And don't forget to subscribe to my channel as well. I'm Miss Winnie Tang on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. And yeah, thank you for listening, everyone. Alright, see you. Bye.