Lesson of assessment for the cell biology KS3 unit. This includes A01, A02 and A03 questions for students to attempt. Opportunity for both self or peer assesment. This would be used in our school as our deep marking piece as well. Perfect opportunity for DIRT.

This excel spreadsheet for teaching staff is useful if you want to give your feedback to your pupils following a test or assessment. The spreadsheet allows you to enter the pupils name, assessment/test grade and effort grade. You can also provide personalized feedback and give each pupil their next steps.

Resource I developed as students did not have space in books for green pen (DIRT work) these were used as sheets to glue in book on the relevant page, they could then be re-graded and lifted up to show the original piece of work underneath. Shows progress and reflection.

A double sided DIRT (Dedicated Improvement and Reflection) sheet - primarily aimed at younger years and lower ability. The prompts on one side guide the student through responding to feedback and improving their work through this feedback, as well as this it encourages them to identify the changes made and reflect on how they can continue that level of work. On the reverse side - there is a focused spelling correction sheet that can serve as a more organised way of having students correct their spellings instead of being messily corrected throught their books.

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Primary mathematicians first model “put together” and “take apart” situations using concrete objects, drawings, etc. These concepts are then expanded to composing and decomposing numbers additively. A connection to students’ prior work with building sets is important as students are developing fluencies with their addition and subtractions facts. Children need many opportunities to experience these situations. Incorporating seasonal manipulatives allow children to practice these mathematical ideas in a contextual setting. To effectively facilitate these activities, be sure to cover the common addition and subtraction situations found in Table 1, CCSSM, page 88. Color masters are provided for both activities, the seasonal objects as well as the counters. Hyperlinks are also provided for manipulatives when applicable. This resource is useful for students with Dyslexia and language-based learning deficiencies. We'd like to hear about your experience with our resources. Just give it a star rating then tell us what you think, simple as that!

Primary mathematicians first model “put together” and “take apart” situations using concrete objects, drawings, etc. These concepts are then expanded to composing and decomposing numbers additively. A connection to students’ prior work with building sets is important as students are developing fluencies with their addition and subtractions facts. Children need many opportunities to experience these situations. Incorporating seasonal manipulatives allows children to practice these mathematical ideas in a contextual setting. To effectively facilitate these activities, be sure to cover the common addition and subtraction situations found in Table 1, CCSSM, page 88. Color masters are provided for both activities, the seasonal objects as well as the counters. Hyperlinks are also provided for manipulatives when applicable.

AQA English Literature DIRT sheet which includes a break down of the marks and levels. Can be used for teacher feedback, self-assessment, peer-assessment or for students to complete after mock examinations as part of dedicated improvement and reflection time.

A lesson useful following a descriptive writing assessment. Includes a spelling test starter, sentence development task and upscaling vocabulary tasks, a class model activity and individual improvement task. DIRT = Directed Improvement and Reflection Time. Can be adapted to suit any marking and feedback policy.

Short DIRT task on each unit for the AQA economics GCSE course. Highlights the key areas for the unit and one question for each unit. I use these after the assessment of each unit. I have also included a brief example answer for each too.

A comprehensive PowerPoint that challenged students to improve their responses to a full Literature Paper 2 exam - based around the 2023 exam. With modelled examples from my experience as an AQA examiners and differentiated tasks for all ability that links to a full booklet.

A Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time grid. Aimed at DT pupils in KS3 and KS4 this grid offers differentiated feedback for pupils - easing the pressure of marking for staff. Best practice sees pupils respond to their chosen square in red pen to show development upon feedback. Works brilliantly in class and improves standards of work in books - was highlighted as outstanding practice by SLT.

Reduce workload and show your marking clearly with a DIRT feedback sheet - other examples that require a tick only is available

sky-grass-dirt-handwriting This is a pack for a phonics display that uses the handwriting sky-grass-dirt prompt to ensure that students are remembering how to write letters correctly as they learn them. 89 pages and editable options are included! Mouth articulation prompts, pictures and letters on each page. sky-grass-dirt-handwriting - includes: 89 pages (cover pages included) this is not an a-z tracing pack a phonics chart display - laminate and write on the words as you brainstorm them 3 different poster styles included one page blank sky-grass-dirt to laminate or print and go editable pages - calibre font in this section as not everyone will have my foundation font used letters a-z included mouth articulation prompts cute pictures of initial sound print - laminate and display or print as worksheets to use with your students (or both!) Please check your printer settings prior to printing. Thank you.

Activity I used with my high ability year 10 class - trying to encourage them to think about skill development, rather than simple knowledge acquisition. Used an intro to highlight why metacognition and self-assessment are important parts of learning. Students then used a sheet to write down their learning high points and improvement points for these topics. Then looked back through the end of unit test and formative comments in their books - made improvements/corrections to their work and noted these down in steps taken. Sheet glued in for me then to respond to, giving them targets for the next topic, as well as effort and test grading.

This Directed Improvement and Reflection Time (DIRT) task is used to help students to make any relevant improvements to their work to help aid their progression and meet their desired target. This is a great task for last minute cover lessons where students are directed to complete any unfinished tasks and respond to their written feedback.

Powerpoint resource on the assessment: ‘How does the writer use language in the text to present the character of Hyde?’ from an extract taken from CH. 1 of the novel. (Can easily be adapted to ask pupils to compare to the rest of the text too.) Included in the resource is: the assessment question with scaffold to remind pupils how to respond to the Q. a DIRT lesson that includes a model answer, a model annotation of a single quotation, and then a selected quotation for pupils to then annotate themselves (with the focus on, ‘a lot from a little’ ). Pupils can then rewrite new, improved PEA paragraphs based on the quotations selected for them, and the annotations made. A peer assessment task.

After trialling several different ideas these are the ones that I am happiest with. I get students to complete the top row, which I then mark. I RAG the traffic light monster and highlight one or two tasks for students to follow up with. This one covers adding subtracting and multiplying decimals.

Easy to use DIRT feedback and evidencing progression sheet which uses Bloom’s matched to the new 9-1 GCSE gradings. Can be used for any KS3 or KS4 subject. It’s really quick for marking. To use - Highlight the skill they’ve used, e.g ‘you have explained the meaning of key phrases such as ……’ Highlight what they could do next to improve, e.g ‘evaluate (judge and assess) the most important reasons.’ Highlight their ‘do it now’ task, such as 'Write a detailed conclusion evaluating (add in subject), considering (add in item) and weighing up the pros and cons of each, reaching a conclusion, with exceptional SPAG. On the same page their is a green-shaded box for them to demonstrate immediate progress through the ‘do it now’ task. They can then stick it in their books and you can return to see it or show it as evidence any time! This works for any subject which involves any sort of assessed writing tasks. It has literally saved me weeks worth of time over the years. Many more inexpensive and free resources at here.