In my district we are using a Marzano based evaluation system…which means that our students need rubrics and rating scales! I must be honest, I was skeptical of this at first. I thought…”I always ask my students how they think they are doing on their goals! I don't need a rating scale!”
That was silly of me. When I first started looking for ways to adapt this to my therapy, I started searching blogs. I came across this post from Testy Yet Trying, which included a 5 point rating scale…
I ended up using this for all of my students for a bit to see how I liked it and how the kiddos responded…and much to my surprise…THEY LOVED IT! They like rating themselves, they like rating each other, and the absolutely think rating me is the best thing ever! They like doing this part as much as calculating their percentages š
After some thought, I created a stoplight articulation rating scale for my little kids (K-2), which is a little simplified for them. They seemed to get caught up in all the numbers of the 5 point scale and I thought just giving them 3 choices might be better. It worked too!
What I like about using these is that it gives a lot of insight on where kids see themselves, which is a pretty important part of our job. While they may be able tell me how they think they are doing, the rating scales give them visualization of where they are and what their goal is. I love hearing comments like “I'm gonna be on green soon!” or “I know I can get to 5!” Self-evaluation is a great motivator!
You can download the stoplight freebie in my TPT Store!
Do you use any visual rating scales in your room for articulation? Or for any other skills? Let me know your thoughts!
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I really love your stoplight self rating scale for PK kiddos…its a great visual! And idea came to my mind that I think would work so well with your stop light. I was thinking maybe (just to add a little fun for the PK kiddos) we could put like a buzzer (like from taboo or some other kind of buzzer) on the red light, maybe a bell (or something less harsh) on the yellow light, and then a green M&M or Skittle on the green light…so obviousl the most motivating thing would be to performe the language task correctly to get the candy but if not, they can still have fun trying to figure out where they stand on the stoplight scale! I don’t know if it would work…it just came to my mind so I thought I’d share! Anyway…love this visual!
Thanks! I’m glad you can use it! That’s a fun twist…although, I am not allowed to use food as a reward, so I’d have to find something else for the green…maybe a sticker? Their self evals might skyrocket! But you never know what will make them tick š
I like the stoplight idea. I’ve used “target” visuals before where I simply draw a few circles inside each other and place an “X” in the middle. It helps with articulation (especially /r/ kiddos) so that I don’t have to keep implying “wrong,” “wrong,” “wrong.” Instead, I can give more feedback and tell them they’re getting closer and place a dot closer to the middle.
OH, I like that idea too! I will have to try that! Thanks š
I like the stoplight! In the past I’ve used a target like Nicole, although I’ve actually drawn it out into a board I pull out for the kids. I have a smiley face in the middle and the kids move a toy/marker towards the center to “hit the mark” instead of focusing so much on “wrong.”
Rebecca
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Thanks Rebecca! Why didn’t I know about this target everyone is using?! lol
Lovely idea! Thankyou sooooo much for sharing! This is just what I needed!