A Focus on Performance Tasks

WelcomeSocial Studies Teachers!

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

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.

Follow Up Activities

SOCIAL STUDIES

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?

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?

Exploring Performances Assessments!

Young Wonders

Debriefing the Experience

General ObservationsStudent CommentsUse of Technology

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

Source Material

Dictionary Website

Video: Mikey Carraway

Interview: Ana Dobson

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.

Item Number 1 Research Rubric

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.

Item Number 2 Research Rubric

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.

Item Number 3 Research Rubric

6-11 Research Rubrics

Scoring Student Work

Group Scoring

Partner Scoring

Note Patterns in the Student Work

Identify Additional Work Samples as Models

Scoring Protocol: Step Two

Returning Student Work

Sharing Patterns and Trends

Providing Feedback

Reviewing Anchor Papers

Student Reflection and Goal Setting

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. 

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?

Teaching the CC ELA Standards

ELA Reading

and Writing

Social Studies

Language Arts

Science

Sharing Responsibility for CC ELA:An Example

Content Area Fall Winter Spring

Language Arts PT: ExplanatorySR:SR:SR:

PT: ArgumentativeSR:SR:SR:

PT: SpeechSR:SR:SR:

Social Studies PT: ExplanatorySR:SR:

PT: ExplanatorySR: SR:

PT: ArgumentativeSR:SR

Science SR:SR:

SR: SR:

PT: Explanatory

Performance Tasks and Short Reads are balanced for reading, writing, research and speaking standards within

and across content areas.

Implications for our Social Studies Curriculum

Where does our curriculum provide opportunities for integrating Performance Assessments?

Creating Performance Tasks

Scenario Based

Multiple Sources

Research Questions

Essay or Speech

Next Steps

Performance Task Completion

Identify Short Reads

Other:

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