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English abbreviations

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Description / Keywords

Wl2549 WRIT closer 4/5 - swr Yes This comprehension task assesses student ability to evaluate the ideas and information in a transactional text about an environmental issue. Students are asked to read a text, then respond to four questions.
Keywords (comprehension; evaluating; transactional; School Journal; persuasive language; science;)
Publication date (02/10/06)
WL4047 WRIT closer 5 - bcr Yes This comprehension task involves a poem being disclosed in stages. It assesses a student's ability to use evidence in the poem to predict what it could be describing.
Keywords (comprehension; inference; synthesis; prediction; self-assessment; poem; School Journal; visualising;)
Publication date (26/08/05)
WL3706 WRIT transw 2/3/4/5 - sra No Students use this assessment checklist to assess their writing of a recount. Teachers select the desired criteria before printing off the checklists. There is a student's and a teacher's checklist - this one has more examples to use as models for the criteria.
Keywords
(self-assessment; peer assessment; recount; checklist;)
Publication date
(08/09/04)
VL4152 VIS view/present 3 - bcr/lcr/prac Yes In Part 1, students interpret how the visual techniques used in the presentation of a Maori legend support the meaning of the written text. In Part 2, students are assessed on their ability to communicate and explain their use of visual techniques. Annotated student work samples using Part 2 are provided.
Keywords (movement; shape; symbols; static image; comprehension; mood; work samples;)
Publication date (15/06/05)
OL0018 ORAL listt 3 process swr No Students listen to instructions on where to go when visiting the mall and then draw the path to be taken on a map. The assessment focus is on listening, recall, and following instructions.
Keywords
(listening comprehension; factual comprehension; following instructions;)
Publication date (09/06/04)
MATHEMATICS BANK

Maths abbreviations

Code Strand Objective Level Process
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Description / Keywords

NM1221 NUM Com 3 MI lcr Yes Students decide which children are estimating and which are not, and explain their reasoning.
Keywords (estimation; addition;)
Publication date (03/04/06)
ST9419 STA Pro 3 PS bcr No Students identify possible combinations of scores from a dart thrown at a target. They also find the lowest possible score and individual throws from a given total score.
Keywords (combinations;)
NM1237 NUM Com 3 LR Prac No Students select the correct fraction of vegetables to click and drag into a soup pot.
Keywords (fractions; animation)
Publication date (27/09/05)
MS2131 MEA Est 3 MI bcr No Students identify the error in three statements made about the perimeter and area of given objects.
Keywords (area;)
Publication date (20/04/01)
AL7111 ALG Equ 2 LR bcr Yes Students draw in the correct number of blocks needed to balance some scales and write equations for scales that show balance.
Keywords (equality;)
Publication date (10/07/06)
NM1255 NUM NS 2 LR lcr Yes Students solve subtraction story problems and show their strategies.
Keywords (subtraction;)
Publication date (06/06/2008)
NM1239 NUM NS 2 LR lcr Yes Students break given numbers into equal sized groups. Students must show their working.
Keywords (equal sharing; partitioning; division)
Publication date (30/03/2007)
SCIENCE BANK

Science abbreviations

Code Strand Objective Level Integrating
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Description / Keywords

PE9534 PE OB4 5 NoS/PI  bcr Yes Students read an article about an investigation into the sustainable harvest of pïkao and identify key features of the investigation. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.
Keywords (sustainability; conservation; investigation; pïkao; pïngao; nature of science;)
Publication date (30/11/05)
PW3505 PW OB1/2 3 PI bcr Yes Task: explain the effect of temperature on metal and wood. Assessment focus: heat absorption.
Keywords (heat absorption; metals; wood;)
Publication date (07/06/2005)
LW2015 LW OB4 4 PI bcr Yes Task: Students answer questions about feeding relationships in a rocky shore ecosystem. Assessment focus: interpreting a food web.
Keywords (Interdependence; food chain; food web; rocky shore;)
Publication date (02/06/06)
PW3688 PW  ob1/2 2 fp pra yes Task: select a card to show how to control the variables of an investigation into the rolling distance of marbles on different surfaces. Assessment focus: controlling variables.
Keywords
(fair testing; controlling variables; friction; marbles;)
Publication date (01/10/04)
PE9094 PE ob3 2 - pra No Students view an on-line animation on how shadow length changes as the Sun moves into different positions and answer questions about this.
Keywords
(shadows; animation;)
Publication date (09/04/03)

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