Evaluating our Project

We spent time this week evaluating our project. The students have really enjoyed this time of working together. I had my doubts at first because I thought that first grade students would not really be able to complete much with this accountability project. Boy, was I wrong!! This group of students really put forth the effort and achieved the end goal.

NCATE indicator 1 goal on Content Knowledge was obtained because as the students began our project, we discussed mentoring and how we could use this in our classroom. The students if asked now about mentoring could talk with you able how to help others and learn from them.
NCATE indicator 2 goal on Human Development was obtained by giving the pair of students plenty of time to explore with mentoring with their partner. I evaluated this by writing days on our calendar and observing them in action. NCATE indicator 3 goal on Diversity was obtained by the diversity of each pair for our mentoring project. The students learned to appreicate others opinions and knowledge. This was evaluated by meeting with the pairs on a weekly basis to see how things were progressing. NCATE indicator 4 goal on Planning was obtained and evaluated through teacher observations. I observed to make sure that each pair was both participating in discussions and not just one dominating partner. NCATE indicator 5 goal on Learning Environment was obtained by giving the students ample time to explore with each other and assist when needed. Even times that were not set aside for our project, the students were still helping their partner.

I will address the other 5 indicators in our final blog for next week. Through the entries in their journals, the students have really enjoyed this project!