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Performance Based Assessments

As we mentioned last time, your child will be completing a Performance Based Assessment this month. Their teachers are preparing them daily for this culminating task.

Performance Based Assessments: Kindergarten

Choose one animal from Make Way for Ducklings or A House for Hermit Crab. Then write a story about how the animal chose its home and why the animal chose to leave it. Remember to: tell about one event from the story put the details in order of how the event happened explain how the animal reacted to the event You will share your stories with the class when you are finished.

Performance Based Assessments: 1st Grade

How can we be so different and feel so much alike? mused Flitter. And how can we feel so different and be so much alike? wondered Pip. I think this is quite a mystery, Flap chirped. I agree, said Stellaluna. But were friends. And thats a fact. Think about the themes and lessons you learned from the characters in Stellaluna and Dragons and Giants. Then think about yourself and when you learned the meaning of friendship. Next, write a narrative about a friendship. Remember to: recount two or more appropriately sequenced events. include some details about what happened. use temporal words to signal event order. provide some sense of closure. Then share your writing with the class orally or by posting your work.

Performance Based Assessments: 2nd Grade

Write a narrative in which you add a scene to Charlottes Web. Choose a specific line you like from the text and insert your scene after that line. Focus on one or two characters. Remember to: draw or describe the characters and setting. write a short sequence of events with a beginning, middle, and end. include details to describe the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters. use signal words to show sequence of events. Then share your writing with the class as part of an Author Celebration.

Time to see what your child is learning

We are going back in time. You are now second graders. This is an example of what your child will be doing during their writing block Enjoy!

Performance Based Assessment: 2nd Grade

Task: THE LESSONS OF JOHNNY APPLESEED Children will consider Johnny Appleseed and the five lessons he taught: use what you have, share what you have, respect nature, try to make peace, and you can reach your destination by taking small steps. Children will choose one of the five lessons and write their opinion of why they think this lesson is still important to follow in todays world. Children will explain how Johnny lived by this lesson and how they can, too. Children will support their opinion with reasons.

Johnny Appleseed
By Lola M. Shaefer

Opinion Writing
Our Writing Goals for today:
Use reason (evidence) to support your opinion Expand simple sentences with compound subjects

Review
Opinions are not facts!
Opinions are not right or wrong! Writers must support opinions with facts, reasons and examples.

Review
Authors give reasons that support their opinions. Reasons and explanations help writers make their message clear and explain why they think or feel as they do.

Johnny Appleseed
In the story, the author gives evidence to support the nickname Johnny Appleseed.

Johnny Appleseed
-collecting apple seeds

Johnny Appleseed
-collecting apple seeds
-planting the seeds

Johnny Appleseed
-collecting apple seeds
-planting the seeds

-growing apple trees

Johnny Appleseed
-collecting apple seeds
-planting the seeds

-growing apple trees

Johnny Appleseed
These reasons all help us understand how Johnny got his nickname. The strong examples the author uses convince readers that Johnny Appleseed is a good nickname for a man who spent his life growing apple trees.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

I like apples. Apples are a fruit. My mom puts an apple in my lunch every day
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

I like apples. Apples are a fruit. My mom puts an apple in my lunch every day
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Apples contain Vitamin A and C, which are good for your body. Apples contain fiber, which is important to your body. Crunching an apple after a meal helps clean your teeth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Apples contain Vitamin A and C, which are good for your body. Apples contain fiber, which is important to your body. Crunching an apple after a meal helps clean your teeth.

Convention of the Day!

John planted apple trees.
The settlers planted apple trees. John and the settlers planted apple trees.

Convention of the Day!

Apples are grown in orchards.
Pears are grown in orchards. Apples and pears are grown in orchards.

Convention of the Day!

John loved reading.
The settlers loved reading. John and the settlers loved reading.

Shared Writing
Keep in mind our essential question:

How do writers use reasons to support opinions about events and experiences?

State an Opinion
Is Johnny Appleseed a good nickname for John Chapman?
What is a good opening statement?

Brainstorm
What are some reasons to support our opinion?

Lets Write!
Johnny Appleseed is the perfect nickname for a man who spent his life growing apples. As soon as John Chapman got to Pennsylvania, he began gathering apple seeds. He used these seeds to grow apple trees in Pennsylvania. He also shared apple seeds and trees with settlers. He continued sharing apple seeds and growing apple trees in Ohio and Indiana. He brought apple trees to every place that he lived. Johnny Appleseed is just the right nickname for someone who spread apples across the country because it shows how he changed his community and impacted the development of the landscape.

Your turn!
Go to page 68. Reread the message on Johnny Appleseeds gravestone. Write an opinion statement that states whether you agree with the message or disagree with the message. If you do, explain why. If do you do not, what message would you put instead, and why? Remember: -state an opinion -use linking words (because, and, also) to connect opinions -provide a concluding statement or sentence

Question Time

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