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almost any form of measurement and appraisal of what children can know and can do, including tests, observations, interviews, reports, etc. These measurements are used to identify strengths, needs, and progress of the students in the classrooms so that teachers can help students learn.
a type of assessment where a chid demonstrates a skill or creates a product that shows their learning. Children do something and show their learning, leading to teacher adjustments to support student learning.
an assessment that is part of children’s ongoing life and learning in the classroom, playground, and other typical school and center settings. This assessment is used to assess students in real ways that make sense to children, such as solving a classroom problem.
This refers to a type of assessment that is usually made by commercial testing companies, has a testing manual, and compares individual scores to scores of a specific population. Teachers are expected to prepare students for these in order to meet state and national requirements.
refers to any type of assessment other than standardized tests and similar developmental inventories and achievement tests. Also known as informal assessments, these are frequently used in classrooms to identify the progress of students and guide teacher decisions.
a type of assessment that refers to gathering information that is then used to shape and improve an instructional program. It assesses for student learning and helps give feedback to the teacher to form instruction and make adjustments.
This is an abbreviation that represents the strategy used to distinguish between students who may be struggling to learn and those who are learning disabled. Teachers use this as a “pre referral” for special education to services, where high quality-instruction is delivered to target the student’s needs.
an assessment is described as this when it is reproducible and dependable. Teachers should make sure to follow directions, be aware of a child’s current condition, and take multiple measures of behaviors.
a test, procedure, result, or use that unfairly discriminates against one group in favor of another. Teachers must make sure they check for this and consider and respect diverse populations in the creation and administration of assessments.
refers to children’s current condition or situation with respect to any particular aspect of growth, development, or learning. Teachers use this information to monitor children and guide classroom planning, along with identifying children who may need special help, and reporting/communicating to others.
This is an abbreviation that represents a team of individuals (ex. counselor, principle, intervention specialist) that provides classroom teachers with ideas and intervention supports. Teachers must plan on being a part of these teams and incorporating tier intervention strategies.
This term refers to child growth and development (ex. cognitive, affective, psychomotor, intellectual, social, emotional, and physical). Teachers must plan to gather information on the development of these through assessment.
This term refers to academic subjects such as science, math, reading, social studies, and creative arts. Teachers assess these areas to monitor children’s strengths, needs, and progress.
these specify what the state expects children to learn. To align with these requirements, teachers use these to plan and guide their teaching and assessments.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a crossword template?

For the easiest crossword templates, WordMint is the way to go!

Pre-made templates

For a quick and easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!

Create your own from scratch

  • Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
  • Head to ‘My Puzzles’
  • Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Crossword’
  • Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
  • That’s it! The template builder will create your crossword template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a word document or pdf and print!

How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.