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After reading a narrative that is about sibling rivalry, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysing and evaluating a character and the author's construction of him. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task administration section of the Teacher information pages.) Keywords (evaluating; comprehension; character; narrative; School Journal; key competencies;) Publication date (30/09/2008)
Students read a recount about family relationships in a Pacific context. Assessment focus: the author's construction of some characters and an evaluation of them. (The recount is reproduced in the Teacher information pages.) Keywords (evaluating; character; comprehension; Choices;
key competencies;) Publication date (12/06/2008)
Students read a narrative about relationships and wanting to impress others. Assessment focus: the author’s construction of a character and an evaluation of this character. Keywords (evaluating; comprehension; character; Choices; key competencies;) Publication date (27/06/2008)
Students read a narrative that is about being different and about group dynamics. Assessment focus: an evaluation of some characters and the author’s construction of them.
(The text for this resource is reproduced at the end of this
document.) Keywords (evaluating; character; comprehension; narrative; School Journal;
key competencies;) Publication date (02/05/2008)
Students read a narrative about how a character copes with changes in her family dynamics and then complete three tasks focusing on that character. Assessment focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of her. (The text used for this resource is reproduced in the teacher information pages.) Keywords (evaluating; character; comprehension; narrative; School Journal;
key competencies;) Publication date (23/04/2008)
Students read a narrative then
complete three tasks that focus on one of the characters. Assessment
focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of
that character. Keywords (evaluating; character; comprehension; narrative;
School Journal; key competencies;) Publication date (20/03/2008)
Students round given decimal numbers to the nearest tenths, hundredths and thousandths and identify possible original numbers from rounded numbers. Keywords (rounding; decimals; place value;) Publication date (24/09/2008)
Students interpret graphs showing the different ways that four people run a race. Keywords (graph interpretation; line graphs;) Publication date (24/09/2008)
Students find the number of groups of a given size using division, reverse multiplication, trial and improvement, or iterative equal sharing. Students must show their working. Keywords (division; quotition;) Publication date (05/06/2008)
Students solve addition story problems involving numbers of different magnitude to explore their place value understanding. Keywords (addition; story problems; place value;) Publication date (05/06/2008)
Students answer questions involving adding and subtracting fractions of food. Keywords (fractions; addition; subtraction;) Publication date (06/06/2008)
Students consider the potential for chemical change when a range of everyday substances are mixed. They use logical reasoning to work out the consequences of four pairs of reactions. Keywords (properties and changes of matter; chemical properties; acid-base reactions; smell; nature of science; key competencies;) Publication date (12/06/2008)
Task: Students draw a picture of a burning candle to show changes that occur. Assessment focus: representing the way particles behave when material undergoes temporary and permanent changes. Keywords (Nature of matter; burning; changes; particles; nature of science; key competencies;) Publication date (05/06/2008)
Task: Identify from an experiment the preferred living conditions of slaters, and use a fact file to suggest reasons why. Assessment focus: interpreting results of an investigation. Keywords (behavioural adaptations; habitat; crustaceans; slaters; woodlice;) Publication date (15/05/2008)
Task: Draw or describe what would happen to four
items of food when left in the sun. Assessment focus: change. Keywords (temporary change; permanent change; food;) Publication date (28/03/2008)
Task: Describe and
compare some physical properties of plastic objects, and identify
the properties scientists might use for classifying materials.
Assessment focus: classifying using physical properties. Keywords (classification; properties; physical properties;
plastics; group assessment;) Publication date (28/03/2008)
Task: Create, use, and
identify 'rules' based on observable and/or measurable physical
properties of common plastics. Assessment focus: classifying &
identifying. Keywords (classification; properties; plastics;
investigations: group assessment; self-assessment; peer assessment;
group assessment;) Publication date (26/03/2008)
Task: Students draw to
show their ideas about what happens when a puddle dries up.
Assessment focus: evaporation. Keywords (particle nature of matter; evaporation; diagrams;
key competencies;) Publication date (14/03/2008)
Task: Draw what happens when sugar is
added to a cup of coffee. Assessment focus: dissolving. Keywords (particle nature of matter; dissolving; models;
diagrams; key competencies;) Publication date (13/03/2008)
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