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PEI Math Performance Task (Grades 3-5): Housing Our Community

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The purpose of this task is to give students the opportunity to use mathematics in real-world applications. In this task, students are introduced to the ongoing problem of affordable housing faced by state and national community builders and city planners. Students are presented with two data tables illustrating cost of housing and wage increases over 20 years. Students discuss questions they can ask and answer using this data. They will calculate the cost increase of housing over time and compare it to wage increase, concluding with a discussion about the comparison. Includes slides to support the implementation of "Housing Our Community (Grades 3-5)" Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Math Performance Task (Grades K-2): Housing our Community

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The purpose of this task is to give students the opportunity to use mathematics in real-world applications. In this task, students are introduced to the ongoing problem of affordable housing faced by community builders and city and state planners nationwide. Students are presented with a collection of representations of homes and people. Students discuss questions we can ask and answer using this data. They will use strategies to organize information and discover how many more people are there than homes. Includes slides to support the implementation of "Housing Our Community (K-2)" Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Math Performance Task (Algebra): Keeping An Eye On Kelp

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The purpose of this 3 ACT task is to provide students with an opportunity to problem solve based on a real-world situation. In the task, students are presented with a map of a Bull Kelp bed near Squaxin Island and asked to generate their own questions that could be answered using the map. Students then decide on necessary resources for finding the solution and are given time as a group to complete their work. The task concludes by having students examine the information provided in Act three to see if it answers their question. Includes slides to support the implementation of "Keeping An Eye On Kelp (Algebra)" Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Math Performance Task (Geometry): Keeping An Eye On Kelp

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The purpose of this 3 ACT task is to provide students with an opportunity to problem solve based on a real-world situation. In the task, students are presented with a map of a Bull Kelp bed near Squaxin Island and asked to generate their own questions that could be answered using the map. Students then decide on necessary resources for finding the solution and are given time as a group to complete their work. The task concludes by having students examine the information provided in Act three to see if it answers their question. Includes slides to support the implementation of "Keeping An Eye On Kelp (Algebra)" Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Math Performance Task (Grades K-2): Too Many Stink Bugs

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The purpose of this performance task is to engage students in looking for and making use of structure in order to determine the number of stink bugs on a given picture. Students review invasive species and the work of scientists to monitor such creatures, students are provided the problem in the context of supporting invasive species specialists. Working as individuals and then as pairs, students determine the total amount using previous knowledge of patterns such as counting, grouping, or fact families. The task concludes by having student-demonstrated strategies modeled and labeled as a whole group creating strategy posters. Includes slides to support the implementation of "Too Many Stink Bugs (K-2)" Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Math Performance Task (Grades 3-5): The Winner is Native Plants

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The purpose of this Performance task is to provide students with an opportunity to problem solve based on a real-world situation (Claims 2 & 4). Due to the nature of the task, there are a variety of mathematical approaches students can take to successfully complete the task, however the mathematical approach presented in Act Three of the task addresses CCSS Domain of Operation and Algebraic Thinking. With this approach, students are shown different strategies for using multiplication to find the solution. Includes slides to support the implementation of “The Winner Is…Native Plants (3-5)” Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Math Performance Task (Algebra): Replanting Timberland

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The purpose of this 3 ACT task is to provide students with an opportunity to problem solve based on a real-world situation. In the task, students are presented with a scenario faced by Washington State logging companies: replanting timber after a harvest or catastrophic burn. This is a complex and rich problem wherein students will need to determine an explicit expression or steps for calculation from the context provided. Students must decide on necessary resources for finding the solution and are given time as a group to complete their work. Includes slides to support the implementation of "Replanting Timberland (Algebra)" Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Math Performance Task (Grades 3-5): What's the Problem

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The purpose of this 3 ACT task is to provide students with an opportunity to problem solve based on a real-world situation. In the task, students are presented with 2 facts related to European Green Crabs and asked to generate their own questions that could be answered using one or both facts. Students then decide on necessary resources for finding the solution and are given time as a group to complete their work. The task concludes by having students examine the information provided in Act III to see if it answers their question. Includes slides to support the implementation of "What's the Problem (3-5)" Math Performance Task with charts, images, etc.

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PEI Schoolyard Investigations (Kindergarten): What Lives on My School Ground?

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Students will hone their intuitive sense of biology and in the process discover what conditions are required for life. Students will also investigate how sunlight impacts the temperature of surfaces. Finally, students will engineerand test a shelter that can change a surface’s temperature to make it more compatible with apotential schoolyard creature.

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PEI ELA Performance Task (3-4): Clean Water, Healthy Fish (Español)

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Los estudiantes leen un articulo, miran un video y toman notas de estos dos recursos de los que aprenden sobre contaminación del agua pluvial y como prevenirla. También aprenden la frase "que no baje agua sucia al drenaje" y escriben un ensayo para informar a otros estudiantes sobre la importancia del agua limpia para tener peces sanos.

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PEI ELA Performance Task (K): Going to the Beach (Español)

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Los estudiantes de kinder escuchan la lectura de un libro de cuentos ilustrado, van a una caminata en la naturaleza y leen un cuadernillo que presenta informacion que les sirve para su propia historia. Luego se les invita a escribir sobre como es ir a visitar una playa. También pueden visitar una playa local. Cuadernillo de lectura que acompaña la tarea de desempeño.

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PEI ELA Performance Task (1): Off to the Woods (Español)

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Los estudiantes de primer grado escuchan la lectura de un libro de cuentos ilustrado, van a una caminata en la naturaleza y leen un cuadernillo que presenta información que les sirve para su propia historia. Luego se les invita a escribir sobre como es ir a visitar un bosque. También pueden visitar un bosque cercano. Cuadernillo de lectura que acompaña la tarea de desempeño.

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PEI ELA Performance Task (3-5): Renewable & Nonrenewable Energy (Español)

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Diseñado para proveer informacion básica sobre energía renovable incluyendo qué es, cómo funciona y las ventajas y desventajas para el ambiente. Cada tarea de desempeño enfoca en un tipo de energía renovable, incluyendo información básica y con suficiente información para escribir ensayos de persuasión. La tarea de energía renovable y no renovable culmina con un discurso. Los maestros cuentan con una rúbrica para calificar el discurso como pracita del SBAC. Se proporciona una plantilla para preparar los discursos.

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