Student Work 1

ELA

Performance Task

1-4 final

Standard(s): Writing

E2a Habits and Processes

By the end of the year, we expect first graders to:

· Solicit and provide responses to writing.

· Revise, edit and proofread as appropriate.

E2b-2 Informing Others: Report or Information Writing

By the end of the year, we expect first graders to

· Gather information pertinent to a topic, sort it into major categories – possibly using headings or chapters – and report it to others.

· Independently recognize and exclude or delete extraneous information according to appropriate standards governing what “fits.”

· Demonstrate a growing desire and ability to communicate with readers by using details to develop their points; sometimes including pictures, diagrams, maps and other graphics that enhance the reader’s understanding of the text; and paying attention to signing off.

The Task:

The classroom library needs some more science books. We are going to write a book about water. Think about all of the things that we have been learning about water. Each one of you will write and design a page for the book that we are doing for the classroom library. Other first grade classrooms in this school will want a copy of our book for their library.

1. Start by thinking about the different ways that we gathered information about water.

¨ You have been on a study trip to the river (water treatment plant, ocean, lake, etc).

¨ You have heard a guest speaker talk about how water is important in their job.

¨ You have studied the rainfall that we recently had.

2. You must first plan how your page will look and what information will be on that page.

¨ You will plan by creating a ‘draft’ page of the information that you will include on your final page.

¨ You can use your journals, any pictures of water from magazines or information from books that we’ve read.

¨ You can also draw pictures to include in your paper.

¨ You must put a title on your page that tells what your page is about.

3. Once you make your draft page, you must share it with a classmate and tell them why you selected this information.

¨ You can take your draft home and discuss it with your parents, too.

¨ After you have discussed your draft page with your classmate and parents, you are ready to “edit” the page (make any changes that are needed).

¨ Be sure to save the draft page and turn it in with your final page so the teacher can see the revisions that you made after meeting with your classmates and parents.

4. Once you have made the necessary changes, you are ready to make your final page.

5. You will be given time during the next two weeks in class to do this work.

¨ You can only work on your final page in class, during center time or during project time.

Circumstances of Performance

The student work is produced under the following conditions:

x	alone		in a group
x	in class		as homework
	with teacher feedback	x	with peer feedback
	timed	x	extended project
	no opportunity for revision	x	opportunity for revision

Criteria for Success:

· Gathers information from different sources

· Communicates ideas through writing as well as other ways

· Uses a title that matches the content of the page

· Includes only information about water

· Includes any pictures, diagrams, maps or graphs about water

· Includes draft page to show steps of writing process: revise, edit and proofread as appropriate.

· Final page (published copy) uses appropriate conventions and does not contain any spelling errors.

Related Standard(s):

Writing

E2a Habits and Processes

· write daily.

· generate topics and content for writing.

· Reread their work often with the expectation that others will be able to read it.

Reading

E1b-3 Comprehension

· Recognize and be able to talk about organizing structures.

· Compare the observations of the author to their own observations when reading nonfiction texts.