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Formative assessment is frequently thought of as something “extra” when really it should be integral to what teachers and students are actually doing within a mathematics lesson. Skip Fennell, Beth Kobett, and Jon Wray show that when used regularly, the Formative 5 assessment techniques represent viable, classroom-validated, in-the-moment practices for monitoring your students’ mathematics learning and identifying your instructional next steps.

This On-Your-Feet Guide provides:

• A brief look at each of five every-day formative assessment techniques: Interviews, Observations, Show Me, Hinge Questions, and Exit Tasks
• Critical questions and tools for implementing each technique.
• Special considerations and ways to assess your effectiveness in order to plan your next mathematics lesson.
• Brief videos with comments from authors and teachers along with classroom footage showing the Formative Five in action.
• Using the Formative 5 daily in your planning and teaching will truly influence student learning.

1. When you know the “what” but need help with the “how”
2. As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book
3. To learn how to implement foundational practices
4. When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren’t sure how to do it yourself