Last week students completed a check as one way to assess their understanding of calculating Surface Area and Volume. These check ins were handed back to students today. They should bring them home to share with a responsible adult. It's a great time to look at strengths, and next steps for learning.
When analyzing something like a check in it's important to think about why mistakes were made, as this helps us determine how to avoid mistakes in the future.
Were the mistakes due to a lack of understanding? Were they simple mistakes that might have been fixed with a check over? Were they due to anxiety or stress connected to the check in?
One common mistake that arose for multiple students was accurately drawing nets for triangular prisms and rectangular prisms, this led to miscalculations for questions involving surface area. We will be reviewing this mistake in class and some students may choose to take another shorter check in to show their growth in understanding about these types of mistakes.
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