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Bird Mat The Bird Mat task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information in a book. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a book and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. 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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Book Look (Y4) The Book Look (Y4) task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge about the features in a non-fiction book. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a book and a recording book. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Book Look (Y8) The Book Look (Y8) task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge about the features in a non-fiction book. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a book and a recording book. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Book Returns The Book Returns task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand library organization. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are eight book covers and a recording book. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. 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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Book Sort The Book Sort task allows students to demonstrate their ability to sort books by classification. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are eight book covers and a recording book. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information 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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Breakdancing The Breakdancing task allows students to demonstrate their ability to classify and organize ideas. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are ten stickers. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Car Cleaner The Car Cleaner task allows students to demonstrate their ability to convert a diagram into written instructions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. 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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Card Catalogue The Card Catalogue task allows students to demonstrate their ability to catalog cards by sorting them into drawers and within drawers. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are ten author cards (fiction), a mockup of card catalogue drawers, a prompt card of instructions, and a video about using a card catalogue. This task is a part of the Identifying Appropriate Sources of Information task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Cats and Dogs The Cats and Dogs task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify similarities in two sets of information. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are an information card about cats and a highlighter pen. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. 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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Cell Phones The Cell Phones task allows students to demonstrate their ability to summarize and compare information to make a decision. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are two pamphlets, cell phones, and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Thinking About and Using Information 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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