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Choral Reading The Choral Reading performance assessment includes two tasks and will be completed twice, once as a pre-assessment and once as a post-assessment, for a unit on nonfiction reading/information book writing. In Task 1, students will choral read a book and draw and write questions they have about the details in the text. They will try to answer their questions. Students will then discuss the book and share out some of their questions and answers. In Task 2, students will write their own information book to teach the important information they have learned. The last page of their book will include a big idea or observation. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Eighth Grade Performance Assessment The Eighth Grade Performance Assessment includes two tasks and uses a "Checkers" speech by Richard Nixon. In Task 1, students write an essay about how Nixon convinces them that men like him, who are not rich, should be able to run for office. They will also evaluate the relevance and strength of Nixon's evidence in his argument. In Task 2, students will explain the historical or symbolic meanings of a phrase in the context of the speech. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Kindergarten Common Core Assessment The Kindergarten Common Core Assessment includes two tasks and will be completed twice, once as a pre-assessment and once as a post-assessment. In Task 1, students will listen to a story read aloud and think about the information they learned. They will then use writing and drawing to help them remember the important details. In Task 2, students will create an information book using what they learned from the reading. This task includes Amazing Plants page 1, 2, 3, Colorful Plants, and a rubric. |
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Kindergarten Standards 4 and 8 Assessment The Kindergarten Standards 4 and 8 Assessment includes two tasks and uses We Need Water by Helen Frost. In Task 1, students will listen to the story read aloud and then discuss what they learned. They will then ask and answer questions about an unknown word. In Task 2, students will write an information book that teaches the reasons the author gives for why we need water. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Read Aloud The Read Aloud performance assessment includes two tasks and will be completed twice, once as a pre-assessment and once as a post-assessment, for a unit on nonfiction reading/information book writing. In Task1, students will listen to a book read aloud and answer questions about what the book has taught them about the subject. They will then sketch a picture and write a response to remember the information they have learned. In Task 2, students will write their own information book to teach others what they know and have learned about the subject. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Read Independently The Read Independently performance assessment includes two tasks and will be completed twice, once as a pre-assessment and once as a post-assessment, for a unit on nonfiction reading/information book writing. In Task1, students will read a book and ask and answer their questions about the details that they red in the book. They can do this through writing and/or drawing. Students will then discuss the book and share out some of their questions and answers. In task 2, students will write their own information book to teach the important information they have learned. The last page of their book will include a big idea or observation. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Second Grade Standards 5 and 8 Assessment The Second Grade Standards 5 and 8 Assessment includes three tasks using Save Water by Kay Barnham. In Task 1, students will use text features to locate information about saving water. In Task 2, students will use text features to locate information about the term "population". In Task 3, students will read a section of the story independently. They will then determine and explain in writing how the reasons the author makes on certain pages supports his main point. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Seventh Grade Standards 5 and 8 The Seventh Grade Standards 5 and 8 includes two tasks and use King George III. In Task 1, students will write an explanatory essay in which they analyze how the author has structured a specific passage and the effect of that structure on the reader. In Task 2, students will explaining the meaning of a phrase in context of the reading and explain how it connects to the central ideas of the passage. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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Sixth Grade Common Core Assessment The Sixth Grade Common Core Assessment includes three tasks. In Task 1, students will watch a short video clip twice and fill out the outline in their booklet. They will then read an article and gather information for their essay. In Task 2, students will read another article and gather information for their essay. In Task 3, students will write an essay, using the information they gathered in Tasks 1 and 2, to write a convincing argument. This task includes a rubric and an alternate text with a task. |
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Sixth Grade Standards 4 and 8 The Sixth Grade Standards 4 and 8 includes two tasks and uses Julius Caesar Chapter X . In Task 1, students will write an essay in which they answer a question about how the author convinces the readers that Caesar was both ruthless and inspired loyalty. In Task 2, students will explain the meaning of words in context of the reading and explain how it relates to the authors message. This assessment includes a rubric. |
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