Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies, Art, World Languages and Cultures, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
International Intercultural Mural Exchange
In this task, students will interact with an international partner school through online forums in order to create a mural.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, web resources, learning tools, curriculum model, handouts
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Art
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Kiwi Pencil Drawing
The Kiwi Pencil Drawing task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use drawing processes to describe the main features and form of a displayed object. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a kiwi, four pencils, four pieces of paper, a bag of leaves, four tote trays, cardboard bases, four 3-point position bases. This task is to be completed in fifteen minutes.
This task is a part of the Making Art 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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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Art
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Landscapes
The Landscapes task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify similarities and differences in a range of styles of painting. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are set of twelve photographic reproductions of landscape paintings by six artists. This task should be completed in thirty minutes.
This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1999 by NEMP.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Art
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Link Task 1: Collage
The Link Task 1: Collage task allows students to demonstrate their ability to compose a picture creating, selecting and assembling shapes, colors and textures in ways that give expressive impact. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a video, a set of six papers, scissors, a glue stick, and a base sheet. This task is to be completed in thirty minutes.
This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 1999. This task is classified as a link task by NEMP. Link tasks are used to make comparisons of performance between assessments four years apart.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Art
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Link Task 2: Painting
The Link Task 2: Painting task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create an expressive painting from an imaginative idea, showing a variety of shapes, detail, color mixing and spatial effects. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are paint brushes, chalk, paint, a palette, a mixing tray, water, a sponge, a video, and a video cue card. This task is to be completed in forty-five minutes.
This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 1999 by. This task is classified as a link task by NEMP. Link tasks are used to make comparisons of performance between assessments four years apart.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Art
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Link Task 3
The Link Task 3 task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify the materials and equipment and explain the process used for making selected art objects. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are pictures.
This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1999. This task is classified as a link task by NEMP. Link tasks are used to make comparisons of performance between assessments four years apart.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Art
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Link Task 4
The Link Task 4 task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and describe the features and meanings of sculptures. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are two pictures.
This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1999. This task is classified as a link task by NEMP. Link tasks are used to make comparisons of performance between assessments four years apart.
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Source National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)
Subject Art
Grade Level 3, 7 |
Meeting House
The Meeting House task allows students to demonstrate their ability to name and explain the meaning or significance of structures in a traditional Mäori meeting house. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are four pictures.
This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2003 by NEMP.
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Source Washington State Classroom- Based Assessments
Subject Art
Grade Level 10 |
Moving Toward Alignment
In Moving Toward Alignment students will create warm-up sequences to develop alignment and flexibility in two different styles of dance or activities.
This task includes:
- Introduction
- Teacher Guidelines
- Student Prompt
- Student Response
- Rubrics
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Source iEARN Collaboration Centre
Subject History/Social Studies, Art, Music, English Language Arts, Interdisciplinary
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Music of the World
In this task, students will collaborate in creating an original song using instruments from around the world. Each age group will have a specific task in creating the song as a whole student body.
This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Classroom activities, expected outcomes
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