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.

Concepts

business plans, writing organization, persuasion, persuasive language, informative writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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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

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.4 RI.3.5 RI.3.7 RI.3.8 RI.3.9 W.3.2.a SL.3.1.a