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The Map The Map task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of the map location of eleven prominent places throughout New Zealand. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are eleven postcards on New Zealand places and eleven stickers with place names and arrows. This task is a part of the Knowledge task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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The Plum Tree The Plum Tree task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write a story ending. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task is a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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The Teddy Bear Project The The Teddy Bear Project task aims to foster tolerance and understanding of cultures other than your own. After teachers register, the facilitator matches each class with a partner class. the classes send each other a Teddy Bear or other soft toy by airmail through the normal postal system. The "bears" will send back diary messages by email or through the iEARN Teddy Bear Forum at least once a week. The students will write the diary messages from the "bears", pretending they are the visiting bears describing their experiences in the new culture. |
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The Underground Railroad In this task, students will participate in an online simulation of the Underground Railroad in order to better understand the historical context of the time. This task includes: |
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The Wind and the Sun The Wind and the Sun task allows students to demonstrate their ability to retell and think critically. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, and four pictures. This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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The Wishing Ring The The Wishing Ring task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write an ending to a story. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an audio recording. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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The Wolf The Wolf task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify visual and auditory effects used to create mood. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 2002. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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The Z Factor In this task, students must calculate the duration of the show, Z Factor, if the judges had to watch all of the acts. This task includes: |
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Thermometer The Thermometer task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read thermometers and compare temperatures. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Measurements task series from 2005. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Third Grade Common Core Assessment The Third Grade 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 will watch a video followed by a turn-and-talk or class discussion. Then they will independently read a related article and answer key questions using bullet point text details. In Task2, students will write an editorial article arguing their opinion on a related topic. This assessment includes the Heads Up article, the Sugar Overload article, and a rubric. |
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