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Whose Land Is This? In this task, students will explore the pressure and its consequences on the First Nations territory between 1763 and 1814. This task includes: |
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Why Play? The Why Play? task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of staying healthy. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture montage. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development 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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Wind Power The Wind Power task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of why people view resources differently and problem resolution. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities task series from 2009. 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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Windmills The Windmills task allows students to demonstrate their ability to write instructions. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a picture, paper cutouts, and a glue stick. This task is a part of the Functional Writing 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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Windsock The Windsock task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate, apply, and evaluate design. Students will watch short videos showing two types of windsock and then answer questions about them. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording on laptop computer and a decorative windsock. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2004 by NEMP. |
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Winning: A Problem The Winning: A Problem task allows students to demonstrate their relationship and interpersonal skills. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is an illustration in a task book. This task is a part of the Relationships with Other People 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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Word Power The Word Power task allows students to demonstrate their ability to pronounce correctly English words that may be unfamiliar to them. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a list of words and a masking card. This task is a part of the Oral Reading task series from 2000 by NEMP. |
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Work it Out (Y4) The Work it Out (Y4) task allows students to explain their computational strategies using multiplication cards. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are cards. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2009. 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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Working Together The Working Together task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create a set of rules collaboratively. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are paper pads, a summary of instructions, and an activity sheet. This task is a part of the Organization task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Working with 1, 3, 4, 18 The Working with 1, 3, 4, 18 task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct number sentences. Students will use the numbers 1, 3, 4, and 18 to complete the number sentences using addition, subtractions, division, multiplication, and fractions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are four yellow cards (numbered 1, 3, 4, and 18) and three cards with addition and subtraction symbols . This task is a part of the Number task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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