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Student Work 1

ELA	Performance Task	K-4 Final

Standard(s):

E1a.3-Reading Words:

By the end of the year, we expect kindergarten students to be able to:

· use their knowledge of letter sounds to figure out a few simple, regularly spelled, single syllable words;

· read simple texts containing familiar letter-sound correspondences and high frequency words.

E1b.3-Comprehension:

· give evidence that they are following the meaning of what they are reading;

· respond to simple questions about the book’s content (for example, “Can you tell me what this story was about?” “What was Maria trying to do?” “Why did Antoine hide under the bed?”).

E2a-Habits and Processes:

By the end of year, we expect kindergarten students to:

· write daily;

· write without resistance when given the time, place and materials;

· use whatever means are at hand to communicate and make meaning; drawings, letter strings, scribbles, letter approximation and other graphic representations as well as gestures, intonation and role-played voices.

E2b-2-Informing Others: Report or Information Writing

· gather, collect and share information about a topic.

· maintain a focus – stay on topic.

· exclude extraneous information when prompted

Task:

Shared Reading and Writing

Small Group

Using the book, Mr. Grump, (from Literacy Place or you may substitute a similar one) students will engage in shared reading. Prior to the shared reading the teacher reviews the concept of character and the development of story elements including the identification and solution of the problem.

The teacher might say something like the following: “As we are reading the story, I want you to think about what is the problem in the story. After we have read the story, each of you will draw pictures and write about 3 things, the character, the problem, and how the problem was solved."

After the story is read, students will use a tri-fold paper to illustrate and record the 3 items:

Who are the main characters in the story?

What is the problem in the story?

How was the problem solved?

Circumstances of Performance

The student work is produced under the following conditions:

X	alone		in a group

X	in class		as homework

X	with teacher feedback		with peer feedback

X	timed		extended project

	no opportunity for revision	X	opportunity for revision

Criteria for Success:

· Correctly depicts the problem.

Correctly depicts the main characters.
Correctly depicts the solution to the problem.
Pictures and writing are congruent.

ELA

K-4 Final