Henry & Lucy Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 15
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Checking Class Work
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The teacher can write the correct answers on the board while pupils check their
work.
Pupils can sit in pairs to compare answers, asking peers when they are not certain
about an answer.
Each pupil can exchange their books with a partner who checks their work and
returns it to them with corrections.
Pupils can sit in small groups. The group leader can be given an answer page,
prepared by the teacher, and be responsible for reviewing all exercises and
allowing pupils to correct any mistakes.
The teacher can check the work frontally, calling on individual pupils to provide
answers, and having all check their work and make corrections.
Teachers can collect and take pupils' books home in order to monitor their work.
Answers to class work activities appear in the Teacher's Guide.
Many of the suggestions above for checking homework can be used when
checking class work as well.
Teachers can walk around while pupils complete exercises during class and check
their work.
To allow for all pupils to be actively involved in checking their work, a "magic
slate" can be used. Pupils have small white boards or “magic slates” upon which
they write their answers and hold up for the teacher and pupils to see. This should
only be used for short answer questions.
DIFFERENTIAL INSTRUCTION
The Let’s Practice exercises provide a carefully guided review of the lesson. Care has been
taken to provide challenging exercises for advanced learners. In addition, teachers are advised
to send advanced learners to the suggested sites on the Internet with challenging tasks for
independent learning. While the advanced learners are doing so, the teacher can spend
more instructional time with less-advanced learners who may need assistance in completing
the tasks in the book. Less-advanced learners are not required to do every exercise. Pupils
struggling with reading skills can be referred to the English Adventure Practice Pages Books
1 and 2, for explicit phonics instruction.
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ASSESSMENT
There are two main purposes for assessment in the classroom:
A. To assess pupils’ progress and provide feedback for improvement – formative
assessment.
B. To assess pupils’ performance and the degree to which they have achieved instructional
objectives – summative evaluation.
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