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Jump Rope Routine

Posted By: Greg Schmitz on January 24 2008 2:15 AM| Views: 3841
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This is a group of students performing a jump rope routine for their assessment test for the jump rope unit. The girls have to perform 6 tricks each within the group routine because they are in 6th grade. They are assessed based on performance criteria.

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Jennifer Butz wrote: on Mar 07, 2008 04:20 AM
who sings that song? i used the same music when i taught this unit during student teaching...
Chris Tromm wrote: on Nov 14, 2008 02:12 PM
I think this is a great alternative assessment. These girls are obviously proficient in jump rope. If this was a higher grade level, I would suggest adding more criteria such as, direction or relationships.
Kevin Kelly wrote: on Nov 14, 2008 02:42 PM
This is a great way to get away from traditional assessment and let the students have fun. By allowing them to create their own sequence, the teacher could accurately assess the knowledge and skill of the girls. At the same time, the students seemed to enjoy the routine and probably had a lot of fun coming up with it.
Jenny wrote: on Nov 14, 2008 02:42 PM
I think that this is a different way to assess a jump roping unit. I like the idea, but I do have some suggestions. The assessment should be graded on creativity, which I'm sure that it is, along with the skill. I like how they have to move around and switch positions, instead of just standing still in place. The music makes it more fun for the students to perform to and for the teacher to grade. The girls are very proficient jump-ropers, so maybe add some more criteria to the project, like adding different relationships. Maybe they have to mirror or image one another. Very useful assessment for a jump roping unit.
Joelle Lavin wrote: on Nov 14, 2008 09:26 PM
This is a great way to assess your students! It is great to see someone using an alternative performance assessment rather than a traditional type assessment. This lets the students actually show what they have learned, rather than just talking about it or taking a test on it. I like how they have to perform six different tricks (because of their grade) and they have performance criteria that you base it on. What does this performance criteria include? Does it have to be a certain length, and does creativity count at all? Also, I would suggest having a station set up just for assessment, and then maybe have some other students practicing while you are assessing. This way, more students would be active throughout the entire class period.
Julie Christie wrote: on Apr 24, 2009 01:45 AM
This is a great example of a performance assessment. The students were at similar skill levels and seemed to enjoy performing the routine. I would have liked to know the criteria by which they designed their routine.
Andrew Green wrote: on May 01, 2009 08:18 AM
Anytime alternative assessment can be used over traditional assessment is great. This assessment is creative in nature as well. It allows the students to work together and come up with some of their own ideas. 6 tricks have to be done but I like how it is open-ended as fair as the students can choose which 6 tricks. I am just wondering if there are any other guidelines besides just doing 6 tricks. Is it just a checklist type of thing where either they did 6 or not OR is it more of a rating scale or rubric where how well the students do the tricks is assessed? Overall, I think it is great.
Michael English wrote: on May 04, 2009 11:17 PM
It seems like your students enjoyed this type of assessment. Just wondering how exactly were they assessed? Did they have to adhere to certain criteria?

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