THE ANIE- A math assessment tool that reveals learning and informs teaching- Kevin Bird & Kirk Savage
This assement tool is new to us but fits so well with the guided math philosophy. Students are given a question in a 'number story' format and are asked to represent it many ways: draw it, estimate it etc. When they create their own word problem of its possible use in an everyday situation students use vocabulary that is meaningful to them bridging the gap they may have when reading word problems.