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This Writing Informational Text: Lemonade Stand assessment also includes:
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- Rubric
- Reading Passage
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Use a performance task to assess third graders' ability to read informational text. After they plan a lemonade stand business, young entrepreneurs implement that plan through informational writing. The task assumes learners can summarize, sequence, write to persuade, and read and write on maps.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use the parts as a way to practice the skill or use as an assessment, assuming learners are familiar with reading comprehension and translating that into planning and writing an informational essay
- Instruct learners to highlight their answers with in the text
- Use the three options in the first assignment as guided instruction
Classroom Considerations
- Print and copy the pages front to back to save paper
- The first three pages contains background information on the Fluence Learning company
- Passages are leveled at 700, 750, and 760 Lexile® levels which are most appropriate for third grade readers
Pros
- The 49-page packet includes three parts with several procedures, their answers, a teacher guide, and rubrics for scoring the essays
- Words are bolded throughout the passage to show importance
- A very thorough performance task
Cons
- None