Assessments

Natasha is one of my colleagues at Sommerville who has helped me to assess my students using the lego approach.

My students have a very high interest in building with legos so I decided to use legos to assess their current skills. 

Key Assessment language:

FreeStyle: Pre- Assessment    Date: March 2021
Name:	L	R	H	S	M
Student makes a plan then builds
Student plans ahead and shares plan with others
Student builds at random no clear plan before or during
Pre planning has lead to strong construction can be moved around
Pre planning has lead to an outcome however is poorly constructed
No planning
Sticks to one theme i.e race tracks or boats
Sees everyone else's constructions as their own interest
No planning therefore no obvious theme observed.
Requests help with verbal prompt
Requests help with visual prompt	NA	NA		NA	NA
Requests help with gestural prompt From adults or from peers?
Does not request help				NA
Requests for help independently
Can describe their construction consistently
Can describe construction though changes throughout explanation
Has not planned and does not see an end product in their build.
Student struggles with imagery/pretend play and can not make connections
Time frame: (15-20 session)
When finished student shows pride
When finished student wants to share in success of completing construction
When finished student walks away and does not share finished product
Students are unaware when they are finished
Can stop independently when asked
Can stop with visual support i.e timer/cards
Will ignore request to stop
Will take LEGO and move away from adult
Inappropriate behaviour i.e language, physical aggression to staff and or students, moving away, hiding etc.

Key Assessment language:

Building small set Pre- Assessment     Date: March 2021
Name:	L	R	H	S	M
Listen to others.
Responds using quiet and calm voice/action.		Promt	Promt	promt	prompt
Can complete the request independently.
Requires support/help to complete the request.
Requests help with verbal prompt
Requests help with visual prompt	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Requests help with gestural prompt
Request help from adults or from peers?
Does not request help
Requests for help independently				sometimes
Child ignores others in group
Does not share joint attention
Looks for adult engagement/response
Communicates with peers with low engagement
Communicates with peers with high engagement.
Shows prolonged joint attention
Can complete task with help
Finds task completion difficult
Completes tasks independently as builder/as engineer/ as supplier?	Not yet	Not yet	Not yet	Not yet	Not yet
Yes/No - what role was the child
Child can follow instructions one page at a time
Student skips pages to race to the end
Student is unaware of page order so misses pages
Have followed instructions so set is accurate
Has missed steps and has now made something new/different
Has skipped steps and now has set adaptations.
Has missed steps and as a result need to go back to the beginning
When finished student shows pride When finished student wants to share in success of completing the set
When finished student walks away and does not share finished product
Student is unaware when set is complete
Uses gestures and non verbal meaning to share intentions
Uses familiar words for lego play/club
Requests assistance
Expresses range of emotions while building

Images from freestyle and building small set assessment