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A Focus on Performance Tasks

Welcome Social Studies Teachers!. A Focus on Performance Tasks. Our Learning Plan. Welcome! Agenda Review Performance Assessment Young Wonders Task Debrief Scoring Conference: Research Questions Designing Performance Tasks for Grade 6 Social Studies Reflections and Next Steps.

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A Focus on Performance Tasks

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  1. Welcome Social Studies Teachers! A Focus on Performance Tasks

  2. Our Learning Plan • Welcome! Agenda Review • Performance Assessment Young Wonders • Task Debrief • Scoring Conference: Research Questions • Designing Performance Tasks for Grade 6 Social Studies • Reflections and Next Steps

  3. Our Learning Goals • I can identify research and writing skills that students need to meet the new performance expectations and design activities for the grade 6 social studies curriculum that teach to and practice these skills.

  4. Follow Up Activities Social Studies Science Administer Orbits “R” Us to at least one of your classes Bring student work to our follow up day Where in your curriculum might we teach to the Common Core? • Administer Young Wonders PT (Research Questions) to at least one of your classes • Bring student work samples to our follow up day • Where in your curriculum might we teach to the Common Core?

  5. Exploring Performances Assessments! Young Wonders

  6. Debriefing the Experience • General Observations • Student Comments • Use of Technology

  7. Creating Scoring Notes • Complete the Item: All possible responses • Review the Rubric • Write a Response • Write or Find Anchors for each Score Point Scoring Protocol: Step One

  8. Source Material • Dictionary Website • Video: MikeyCarraway • Interview: Ana Dobson

  9. Item Number 1 In two sentences, use your own words to tell what a wonder is and explain how a person who helps others can be considered a wonder.

  10. Item Number 1 Research Rubric

  11. Item Number 2 Write 2 or 3 sentences identifying a personal quality that both Mickey and Ana display. Give an example from both the video and the interview to support your answer.

  12. Item Number 2 Research Rubric

  13. Item Number 3 Tell which website you think would be most useful for learning about another young person that is a wonder because he or she helps others. Cite the website by giving the web address. Use details from the website to support your answer.

  14. Item Number 3 Research Rubric 6-11 Research Rubrics

  15. Scoring Student Work • Group Scoring • Partner Scoring • Note Patterns in the Student Work • Identify Additional Work Samples as Models Scoring Protocol: Step Two

  16. Returning Student Work • Sharing Patterns and Trends • Providing Feedback • Reviewing Anchor Papers • Student Reflection and Goal Setting

  17. Part #2 Speech Rubric Five Traits • Focus • Organization • Evidence • Language and Vocabulary • Presentation Your assignment: Give a five minute speech to your classmates and/or your teacher about the young wonder you researched and explain why the person is a wonder. Share the visual or audio. Tell the web address of the website(s) used to get information about the young wonder.

  18. Debriefing Our Experience • What did we learn? • What skills will our students need to be successful including thinking skills? • What Habits of Mind will students want to intentionally apply?

  19. Teaching the CC ELA Standards

  20. Sharing Responsibility for CC ELA:An Example Performance Tasks and Short Reads are balanced for reading, writing, research and speaking standards within and across content areas.

  21. Implications for our Social Studies Curriculum • Where does our curriculum provide opportunities for integrating Performance Assessments?

  22. Creating Performance Tasks • Scenario Based • Multiple Sources • Research Questions • Essay or Speech

  23. Next Steps • Performance Task Completion • Identify Short Reads • Other:

  24. Navigating the Common Core ELA • The final step is knowing your journey. We have to know the destination, and we have to make plans for what it will take to get us there. Mike Fisher Know Your Harbor

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