ABSTRACT
The formative assessment works well as both a pre-assessment and throughout the lesson itself. Melia unpacks the following standard: At the start of Science, Melia hands each student the following cups: A (green), B (yellow), and C (red). She decides to use the ABC Cup strategy to see if students know whether the aforementioned Earth events are generally considered "fast" or "slow" processes. She has students move cups to the front and back of their desks because some students still struggle with left/right and she does not want that to interfere with the validity of the formative assessment. Melia knows she needs to pay special attention to students when they work on the earthquake and mountain formation section of their research. Melia gives her students one last opportunity to move their cups: Melia meets with Lucas and Amily again to review specifically with them while the rest of the students clean up.
