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Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Down at the Sea

The Down at the Sea task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use tally marks and create a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture of people gathering kai moana.

This task is a part of the Construction of Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Drawing a Map

The Drawing a Map task allows students to demonstrate their ability to draw a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a map in a work book.

This task is a part of the Construction of Completing 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
7

Eye Colors

The Eye Colors task allows students to demonstrate their ability to convert a double bar graph into a table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a ruler and a pencil.

This task is a part of the Construction of Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Family Picture

The Family Picture task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a pie graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a text and a graph.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Favorite Fruits

The Favorite Fruits task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct a table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a ruler and a frame for a table in a recording book.

This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
7

Finding Your Way

The Finding Your Way task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map using the scale, key, and grid references. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a map in a work book and a ruler.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Free Time Favorites

The Free Time Favorites task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a pictograph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a pictograph in a work book. 

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Fruit Chart

The Fruit Chart task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a tree diagram. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a diagram in a work book. 

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Fruit Chart

The Fruit Chart task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a flow chart. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a flow chart.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3

Fruit Pictures

The Fruit Pictures task allows students to demonstrate their ability to complete a pictograph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are fruit stickers.

This task is a part of the Construction of Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999. 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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