Teaching with Performance Tasks Facilitated by Kristin Edlund

Teaching with Performance Tasks Facilitated by Kristin Edlund Issaquah, 2015

Our Learning Plan Welcome! Sharing a Point of View Research Skills and the New Assessments Reviewing Performance Assessments � Structure � Examples Designing Performance Tasks for Your Curriculum: A Tool Kit!

Consider this Point of View “Performance tasks are really only miniresearch projects that can build background knowledge for the content I teach. Furthermore, performance tasks can focus on real world issues that build relevancy for my students and may motivate their learning. ” Let’s review the origin and attributes of a performance task!

ELA Standards English Language Arts: �Reading �Writing �Speaking and Listening �Language Skills What students should know and be able to do at each grade level in order to be college and career ready

Claims That Prove Mastery of the Standards: Career, College and Citizenship Ready Claim #1: Read Critically Claim #2: Write Effectively Claim #3: Speaking and Listening Claim #4: Conduct Research

Anchor Standards for Writing Text Types and Purposes: Standards 1, 2, and 3 Production and Distribution of Writing: Standards 4, 5, 6 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Anchor Standards 7, 8 and 9 Conduct Research Projects (7) Gather Relevant Information (8) Provide Evidence to Support Ideas and Opinions (9) Range of Writing (Standard 10)

Performance Tasks: What are the embedded Skills?

The Three Research Skills Skill #1: Locating Information within or among sources Skill #2: Selecting the best information: Most relevant, factual, accurate, and reliable Skill #3: Providing sufficient information to support a position or explain an idea or concept • Locate • Select the Best

How is conducting quality research like grocery shopping for a dinner party?

Shopping for Tomatoes! Find Enough Locate the Produce Department Select the Best

Anatomy of a Performance Task Two Days: � Day One: Conduct Research � Day Two: Write an Essay or a Speech Research Materials are provided: � Text Materials: Articles, Blog Entry, Websites � Charts/Graphs/ Photos � Video Essay: Narrative or Informational or Opinion

Anatomy of a Performance Task Scenario Based: Real World Connections Research Questions: � Locating Information � Finding the best information � Providing sufficient information Essay Topic linked to the scenario We can use any content we like to teach to these skills! So why not choose content that is part of our curriculum?

Check in with a near neighbor. How did you both do?

Let’s Explore a Task! With a partner, find evidence of all of the components of a performance task. Use the checklist provided. How might you adapt this task for your grade level or content area?

A Check List! 1. 2. 3. 4. Day One and Day Two Activities Scenario that connects to life experience A mix of print and video resources Three research questions: � � � 5. Locating Information Selecting the Best Information Having Sufficient Information to defend a statement or explain a concept A Writing Prompt with Topic, Audience, and Purpose

What are your take aways from reviewing the structure of a performance task? Validations? New Insights? Questions?

Reading A to Z Source Material Kindergarten Example Riverview School District

Note Taking Tool

Your Parents are planning a trip. Tell about one way you can go and how it travels. Use your book and notes to help you. Use pictures, labels and sentences in your writing.

More Tasks to Explore! Form groups of 4 or 5 Each member selects a task. Read the task you select (3 min. SSR) Share a brief 60 second summary of your task with the others. What idea can you take away for your grade level?

Performance Task Jigsaw! Rain Gardens Grade 5 Vegetable Gardens Grade 3 Grade 2 4/5 Stormwater Pollution Migrating Geese Grade 2 4/5 Forest Management Fairy Tales Grade 4 4/5 Marine Debris

More Tasks to Explore! Form groups of 4 Each member selects a task. Read the task you select (5 min. SSR) Share a brief summary of your task with the others. What idea can you take away for your grade level?

Tool Kit for Writing Performance Tasks Elementary Content Areas Check List for Task Development Graphic Organizer Planning Tool Annotated Template for Writing the Task Example Research Questions Sources for Reading and Viewing Materials General Directions for Task Administration Research, Writing, and Speech Rubrics

Turn and Talk: Clear or Confusing? Comments? Questions?

A visual design Tool

An annotated design tool

Example Research Questions: Locating Information Selecting the Best Information How might you use these questions? Having Enough Information

Locating appropriate text and media materials Text: • Reading Level • Diversity: Articles, Charts, Websites, Graphs, Web Sites, Pictures, Illustrations

Locating appropriate text and media materials Media: • Appropriate Content: View many options and keep notes! • Length: Try to keep at five minutes or less

Generic Teacher Directions: Consider preteaching vocabulary and/or adding an introductory piece to help build basic background knowledge.

Reflecting on the Tool Kit! Pluses: Minuses: Interesting Possibilities: Turn and Talk!

Exit Task Please discuss with your table partners: What’s a task you may want to create that would enhance one of your units? What resources come to mind to use with this task? What questions might you want the students to explore?

Benefits of a Performance Task Integrate knowledge and skills Build background knowledge for content areas Measure understanding, research skills, analysis, and the ability to provide relevant evidence Require student to plan, write, revise, and edit Reflect a real-world task Demonstrate critical and creative thinking Represent reading, writing, research and reasoning skills students do and will use in Which are most their everyday lives meaningful for you?

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