In planning and developing any lesson of instruction, one should plan for several opportunities for assessment.  Informal assessments guide the lesson flow and provide an opportunity for feedback for both the teacher and the students during the developmental stages of instruction.  Informal assessments will sustain student interest, provide for individual student differences, and provide students an opportunity to demonstrate what has been learned.

One way in which to incorporate informal assessments is to include activities that use Tricks with Colors.  ActivStudio makes using color easy!

Day 11: Tricks with Colors

Step 1:  Pull 2 rectangles from the Resource Library.  

Step 2:  Color one rectangle *orange.  Color the other rectangle *blue.  (*Can be any colors of your choosing.)

Step 3:  Type the text including both the “question” and the “answer” on the same text line.

Step 4:  Using the text toolbox, color the “question” the color of the rectangle on the right.  Color the “answer” the color of the rectangle on the left.