Today we bring back Carmen Sinatra from Richmond Hill Ontario for a 3rd time on the show. Carmen continues her chat with us about teaching during a pandemic both face-to-face and online!  

By sticking around you’ll hear us discuss two big struggles: how to use portfolios for assessments instead of tests without drowning, and how to manage giving out feedback so you can stay sane! 

This is another Where Are They Now Math Mentoring Moment episode where we talk with a member of the Math Moment Maker Community who is working through struggles and together we brainstorm possible next steps and strategies to overcome them. 

You’ll Learn: 

• How to Use Portfolios for Assessment Without Drowning?
• How to manage feedback in a reasonable amount of time. 

Resources: 

Carmen & her team’s Google Slide template for portfolios

Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, K-12 [Book]

Peter Liljedahl Podcast Episodes [Episode 21 & Episode 98]

Standards Based Grading Gamified!

Assessment in Jon’s Math Class (Portfolios, tests, growth days, ect)

Make Math Moments Academy: Assessment For Growth Course

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