How Leaders Communicate With Their People This artifact meets ACEI Standard 4. It is a worksheet that is part of a think-pair-share activity for one of my social studies lessons. The lesson is about how leaders from various governments communicate with their people. This worksheet is a formal assessment for myself about how well the students understood the information that was being taught to them during the day's lesson. The worksheet is not done individually, so the students can share their ideas however, it will be a formal grade.

This artifact appeals to myself because it goes further than just a worksheet that formally assesses students knowledge. It is part of a think-pair-share activity in which the students think about the information on the worksheet, and then work with a partner to fill out the worksheet. It takes a lot of stress off the students by working in pairs, after just being taught a lesson, but it still allows me to assess their knowledge. I created the worksheet by making sure everything they learned in the lesson would have to be written down, but it wouldn't be too strenuous of a task.

Math Homework (Measuring) This artifact meets ACEI Standard 4. It is a homework sheet, formal assessment, that I created that would be given to the students after a math lesson on measuring inches. The students are to look at a given line and ESTIMATE how many inches the think it is. After doing this for each problem, they are to cut out the ruler on the following sheet and measure how many inches the line actually is. They are to then compare their answers and reflect on how close or far they were.

This artifact appeals to me because I didn't want the students to have to go home and be stumped all night trying to figure out their math homework, as I normally did as a student. Instead, I wanted them to effectively apply the information they learned during the day's lesson, and have fun with their homework. This homework allows them to have fun and be engaged, while still learning. I made it so they could guess answers, and then actually figure answers out, so they could be interested in how different their answers may have been from the actual answer. I feel this is an effective form of assessment for this math lesson on measuring inches.