Creating Common Core Performance Tasks: Across the Grades and Content Areas

1. CREATING COMMON CORE
PERFORMANCE TASKS ACROSS THE
GRADES AND CONTENT AREAS
PRESENTED BY:
MS. LISA DANZA
MS. MERRIN ROSENBERG
MR. ANTHONY MUNGIOLI

2. “BACKWARD” DESIGN
 CURRICULAR GOALS = THE STANDARDS
 SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT = PERFORMANCE TASK
 PRE-ASSESSMENT = DISCOVER WHAT STUDENTS ALREADY
KNOW
 INSTRUCTION = HOW DO WE GET THERE? “THE ROUTE”
 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT = MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS

3. PERFORMANCE TASKS
 PLAN AUTHENTIC WAYS TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW HOW
STUDENTS HAVE MASTERED THE CURRICULAR GOALS
(STANDARDS)
 DESIGN A TASK THAT CAN MEASURE AND SHOW
EVIDENCE OF STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE
STANDARD

4. EXAMPLE OF A PERFORMANCE
TASK
 GOAL: TO ANALYZE A CHARACTER’S
ACTIONS, WORDS, THOUGHTS, AND BACKGROUND IN
ORDER TO ADVISE THE CHARACTER ABOUT AN OBSTACLE
THEY ARE FACING
 ROLE: PSYCHOLOGIST, FRIEND, ADVICE
COLUMNIST, COUNSELOR
 AUDIENCE: CHARACTER FACING OBSTACLE
 SITUATION: THE LITERARY CHARACTER IS FACING A MAJOR
OBSTACLE, AND YOUR JOB IS TO INTERVENE AND/ OR
OFFER ADVICE ABOUT OVERCOMING THAT OBSTACLE. YOU
MUST PERSUADE THE CHARACTER.
 PRODUCT/PERFORMANCE: - CHARACTER FACEBOOK PAGE
- GUIDANCE SESSION – INTERVENTION
- – MULTIMEDIA POWERPOINT - LETTER OF ADVICE
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5. DESIGNING A PRE-ASSESSMEMT
 DISCOVERS WHAT STUDENTS ALREADY KNOW
 ALLOWS TEACHERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER TO MEET THE
CURRICULAR GOAL (STANDARD)
 RESULTS WILL INFORM TEACHER INSTRUCTION

6. EXAMPLE OF A PRE-ASSESSMENT
PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES LESSON – PRE-ASSESSMENT
1. DESCRIBE 5 WAYS THAT PEOPLE USE TO PERSUADE
OTHERS TO THINK A CERTAIN WAY OR TO DO SOMETHING
2. HOW DO WE ANALYZE A CHARACTER’S TRAITS?
3. THINK ABOUT A TIME WHEN SOMEONE (FRIEND/PARENT)
CHANGED YOUR MIND ABOUT SOMETHING. DESCRIBE
WHAT
THEY DID OR SAID TO MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.