This document discusses different assessment tools that can be used for formative assessment. It provides examples of tools that can be used for 3 different lesson activities about rivers and lakes, mountains in Nepal, and earthquakes. For the activity on rivers and lakes, it suggests using traffic lights and a two stars and a wish peer assessment tool. For the activity on mountains in Nepal, it recommends using open and closed questions as well as a KWL chart. And for the earthquake preparedness activity, it proposes setting lesson targets and using talk partners to review what was learned.

1. Assessment FOR learning
1. RIVERS & LAKES.
Activity 4: Making an amazing facts leaflet by using info collected from
previous activities.
 Traffic lights: Students put the traffic lights on their desks showing the
colour according to their level of understanding. In this way, the teacher
can see in one view who needs more help, even the students who
understood or the fast finishers can help the ones who show the colour
red or amber.
 Two stars and a wish: We can use this assessment tool to give a positive
assessment, to say the things that they did well and something they
could improve. I think this tool is very useful and increases students’ self-
esteem since they usually associate the assessment with a negative fact.
In this activity, we can use this tool for peer-assessment. In pairs, they
can give the two stars and the wish to their partner. Besides, they can
share their assessment with the rest of the class in order to give the
others some ideas for improvement.
2. MOUNTAINS.
Activity 2: Locating Nepal on a map. Explain that the tallest mountains in the
world (The Himalayas) are in Nepal. Show them pictures of people living in the
mountains of Nepal. Ask students to describe what they can see and write
similarities and differences about their lifestyles.
 Open vs closed questions: The teacher can use open and closed
questions in order to help students to describe the pictures and
compare them. The goal of using this tool is to guide students in order to

2. make an organized and coherent description, as well as to develop a
higher level of thinking through comparing and contrasting.
 KWL: Students can complete a KWL chart about “living in the mountains
of Nepal”. They can write at the beginning what they already know
about that way of life; next, they write what more they want to know;
and finally, after having seen the pictures, having analysed and
compared their way of life with ours, they can write what they have
learnt.
3. EARTHQUAKES.
Activity 4: Tell students to create an earthquake preparedness brochure based
on their earthquake research. Students should use a combination of text and
illustrations to explain different ways people can minimize their impact before
and during a quake.
 Lesson target setting: Setting the target at the beginning of this activity
will be very powerful and engaging since students have to elaborate a
brochure for a real purpose. We can suggest a competition, and the
winner brochure can be hung in different places of the school for
everybody knows what to do in case of earthquake.
 Talk partners: This tool can be used at the end of the activity or at the
beginning of the next lesson to review what they learnt about what to
do in case of earthquake and make it easier to remember.