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Speedy Santa In this task, students must calculate the amount of time Santa can spend at each house in order to get to each house in the UK. This task includes: |
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Spelling The Spelling task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and correct spelling errors. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Writing Conventions 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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Spelling Corrections The Spelling Corrections task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and correct spelling errors. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Writing Conventions 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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Spelling List The Spelling List task allows students to demonstrate their ability to spell correctly. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are four individual answer sheets. This task is a part of the Writing Conventions 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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Spending Time The Spending Time task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret bar graphs. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two graphs. This task is a part of the Interpretations of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2007. 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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Spiders The Spiders task allows students to ask questions and think about where they can obtain the information to answer their questions. Students will watch a video about spiders and be asked three follow up questions. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a video recording on spiders and a device to play the recording. The Spiders task is a part of the Living World task series from 2007. 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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Spiders The Spiders task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of differences between spiders and insects. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are a computer, a mouse, headphones, a mousepad, and the Hypercard ® program. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Spinner Bingo In this task, students must come up with a winning strategy to filling out their bingo card. This task includes: |
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Splash Planet The Splash Planet task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information via the internet. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program, a laptop computer, and a prompt card. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Sports Bag In the Sports Bag task, students will design a useful sports bag that will hold a variety of specified items. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video showing equipment to be carried in sports bag, a pencil, an answer sheet, and a bag of material samples marked A-G (polar fleece, parka nylon, canvas, cotton rugby knit, polyester;,Oxford nylon;,Microfibre suede crepe). This task is a part of the Design from 1996 by NEMP. |
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