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General Description of the Task:
After reading our story of the week, the children were asked to respond to a question and use the RACE strategy.
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Directions given to Students:
How did Scaredy Squirrel change from the beginning to the end of the story?
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General Description of the Task:
SOCIAL STUDIES GEOGRAPHY UNIT OF STUDY
A new town is being built in the state of New York. You have been hired as a geographer to choose the best location for the new town. How will you do it?
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Literacy Task:
Vashti feels proud of herself when she walks in and sees her artwork framed. Describe a time in your life when you felt proud of yourself. Why did you feel proud? How did your friends, family, and/or classmates respond to your success? How did that moment of pride impact you in the days, weeks, or months that followed? Why?
Art Component:
Draw a mark and see where it takes you! You may use watercolors to draw a dot and make it into a creative, imaginative painting just like Vashti did in the story.
Common Core ELA Standards: RL. 3.1, RL 3.2, RL. 3.3
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General Description of the Task:
Students write a personal narrative about a small moment in their lives, such as a special day, trip or time with their family.
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The Task – Reading Constructed Response
Directions given to Students: Read the text. Answer the question.
Guidelines/Success Criteria Provided: Use RADD… Restate, Answer, Detail, Detail.
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The Task
Directions given to Students: Using what we have learned in Topic 3 and the CUBES strategy, complete the Math Performance Task.
Guidelines/Success Criteria Provided: The Cubes Strategy
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General Description of the Task:
Students receive a weekly math task. Monday thru Thursday they complete the section assigned for that day. On Friday they receive a grade according to a 3 pt. rubric
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General Description of the Task:
Students wrote a personal narrative about a true story that happened to them that consisted of a beginning, middle, and end.
Students were expected to use several target writing strategies such as:
Literacy Task:
What is the main character’s problem at the beginning of the story? What does the solution appear to be? Use details from the text to support your answer.
Common Core ELA Standards: RL. 3.3, RL 3.5, SL.3.1
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Literacy Task:
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match
Students identified Literary Elements and Character Traits through close reading. This story was the focus of a week long module using the Into-reading program
Common Core ELA Standards: 3.1 and 3.3
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General Description of the Task:
HMH Into Reading Text Based
Narrative Letter Writing Task
Next Generation Standard:
3W3
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General Description of the Task:
Supporting students in adding details to their narrative writing.
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General Description of the Task:
Students were asked to write a personal narrative about a time when they met a new person. They were asked to describe how they met and how their friendship grew. They used a flow map to organize their thinking and plan their writing.
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General Description of the Task:
Students were asked to create a visual representation of their roller coaster based on their draft.
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General Description of the Task:
Students were asked to write a personal narrative story in a story booklet across pages using their personal narrative writing checklist.