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How do I ensure that students meet standards--and meet enough of them to make the effort worthwhile--in open-ended projects and activities?

 * ===**Concerns** === || ===**Solutions** ===


 || Daily agendas or timelines of what needs to be done each day. ||
 * Students will go off in an irrelevant direction || Let students know what the standards are that they need to meet ahead of time. Provide rubrics
 * Students will procrastinate || Periodic assessment throughout the unit so that the teacher can check to see that students are on the right track

Formative assessments Daily check in with the student. ||
 * Students feel overwhelmed by the scope of the assignment || Scaffolding and checkpoints

Formulative assignments Think/Pair/Share/Square about the assignment Differentiate to individual learning styles ||
 * Projects don't offer enough rigor || Detailed rubrics, Contract for grades, similar to IEP

Ensure student input in development of rubric and student evaluation of the project

Formative assessments Differentiate to individual learning styles   ||
 * Students do not have a clear image of what they are to produce || Models of student work or teacher created models

Journaling

conversations || Allow students input on design of project ||
 * Students will not be motivated || Create projects that use differentiation to inspire different types of students
 * Students do not have support from home to complete projects || Communicate with parents, provide class time, ||  ||   ||   ||