It's important for me to see what the students know and what they don't. It helps me determine which topics might need extra attention. And it also helps me gauge our growth throughout the year.
With this assessment, students were given a printed copy of the page on the left. Then they opened a digital copy of the page on the right. They were asked to make the digital version look like the printed version. The skills we focused on include typing, type formatting, copy and paste, and drag and drop. These are foundational skills for success in a digital society, as well as on newly computerized standardized tests.
It's always tough to give students an exercise that requires skills they haven't formally been taught. But the Baker first graders handled it like champs!
