Two stars and a wish!

Using 2 stars and a wish is a great way of marking for both infants and juniors and there are lots of resources available online to support it. The one above is from Sparklebox. (http://resources.sparkleplus.co.uk/sb165.pdf)

The strategy of ‘Two stars and a wish’ was aims to encourage the children to reflect on their own and each other’s learning. It promotes peer assessment as well as both children and teachers can adopt the technique.

The ‘two stars’ in the strategy form the positive feedback on a piece of work and the ‘wish’ indicates where development could be made. Children can assess their own work by giving themselves ‘stars’ and ‘wishes’ or they can give feedback on another child’s work. The strategy can be flexible and allows the children to sometimes give only one star or no wish.

You can also get rubber stamps to help with marking, this one can be found at: http://www.makeyourmark.biz/teachers_selecta.html