Tracking Student Data: Graphing

UPDATE!!! I have just added a generic Tracking Student Data Binder in my TpT store. This is just the graphing, reflecting, goal making and Marzano's posters. This can be used in any grade, any subject and the biggie...in any state! It's not specific to CCCS or any other state standards! Please head over to my store and check it out!! 

Now, for more on how to use these in the classroom...

So... I am a Texas teacher and for those of you who don't know we apparently do our own thing around here. :) The rest of the world (ESPECIALLY the TpT world!!!) is into this Common Core stuff and just we refuse to join the fun. As you can imagine, a frequent TpT shopper like myself, finds it VERY difficult to find exactly what I need and it seems like all the good stuff is a pdf document and I can't change anything into Texas TEKS. Major bummer a lot of the time. :/

I've always been intrigued by the student data tracking stuff, but honestly with 100+ students I never knew if I'd be able to implement it in the way I wanted for it to be successful. Well folks...I've been working hard. I've researched what works in classroom around the country and like any great teacher, taken bits and pieces from tons of great teachers and added some of my own ideas as well to make it exactly what I needed. This is for YOU 5th grade TEXAS Math Teachers!!! Introducing....Tracking Student Data!!! (current 2013-2014 TEKS) 

I just started this in my classroom this year and it is a huge hit in room 207! We have been data tracking machines. Last week we took our first Curriculum Assessment in Math and we've started tracking our data. In my district, our CA's are our practice tests getting ready for STAAR. I wanted to show this example of the graphing because these items can be used with any form of assessment. Classroom objectives, district assessments, etc. 

Each student has a Student Data Binder. We went through our first math test and sorted each question by objective (boxes at the bottom) I did a TON of modeling while doing this. Before hand, I figured out which questions went with each objective so I had question numbers to give the kids. To my kids I would say..."Let's look at objective 5.1A (Place Value of Whole Numbers through 999,999,999,999) numbers 5 and 11 both tested this objective. If you got both of them right, what did you score? If you missed 1 of the 2 what would that be? What about if you missed both?" {This is also a perfect intro into Fractions we're starting next week.} At the top of the graph I would have them write their success as a fraction. This was so great for them to quickly and easily see where their strengths and weaknesses were. The conversation I heard around my room while doing this was unreal. Made me proud that they were visually seeing their strengths and weakness...and having mathematical conversations about it! 

Like I said...this whole process does take a lot of patience and tons of modeling but it works and they pick up on it easily. I had a lot of my kids spread out on the floor in front of my Promethean Board so we could spread out and stay focused. :)

This go around we had 11 TEKS tested on our test. I would say by about the 6th objective, my kids were confident in what they were doing and I just had to assist a few kids on questions.

I am a BIG color girl. I love crayons, colored pencils and markers! I made my kids use color but didn't give any kind of criteria or pattern of what they did. I saw lots of great colorful graphs


After we went through each of the TEKS and graphed them we went into the next phase of this....Reflecting!

I've just posted my entire bundle in my TpT store. Please take a second to check it out here. Click the preview to get a sneak peek what you'll receive.

Next post...Tracking Student Data: Reflection