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Shortn'n Bread The Shortn'n Bread task allows students to demonstrate their ability to maintain and create melodic patterns. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video on laptop computer, chime bars: C,D,E,G,A, High C, and a beater. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. 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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Shower Time The Shower Time task allows students to watch a video about condensation and demonstrate their knowledge of the subject. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include a video recording and a device to play it on. This task is a part of the Material World task series from 2003. 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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Significance of the Battle of Detroit In this task, students will use role-playing to explore the circumstances that led to the Battle of Detroit. This task includes: |
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Significance of the War of 1812 In this task, students will gather context on the War of 1812 by reviewing other historical events in Canadian history. This task includes: |
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Signing of the Mayflower Compact This task measures students’ ability to source a document. When historians interpret a document, they first look to find out who wrote it and when. This information presents important clues about whether the document provides reliable evidence about the past. This assessment gauges whether students understand an important aspect of sourcing: the time elapsed between when a document was produced and the event that it depicts. Students who understand the importance of when a document was produced will see that this painting offers limited evidence to historians who wish to understand the signing of the Mayflower Compact because it was produced over 200 years after the event. The task includes a range of supplementary materials, all accessible and available for download with the creation of a free account through the site:
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Signs The Signs task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand signs with strong visual cues. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a set of ten photographs arranged and presented in a standard sequence. This task is a part of the Silent Reading task series from 1996 by NEMP. |
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Silent Ads The Silent Ads task allows students to demonstrate their ability to think critically about visual messages. 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 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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Sing-A-Long The Sing-A-Long task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sing. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are audio tracks on a laptop computer and four word charts. This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. 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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Singing Grams In this task, students will collaborate on a music greeting to be performed at a local nursery home. This task includes: |
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Skipping The Skipping task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills, their physical co-ordination, and their ability to manipulate equipment. Students will complete this task in open space. The resources required for this task are a medium skipping rope, a large skipping rope, and a timer. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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