In this performance assessment, students will read an informational text (the one included or a text of the teacher’s choosing) and describe the cause-and-effect connection between sentences and/or paragraphs. Students will then write a short paragraph explaining how they know these sentences and/or paragraphs are connected.
This assessment should be used following instruction related to reading informational texts and informational text structures, specifically cause and effect.
In this performance assessment, students will read an informational text (the one included or a text of the teacher’s choosing) and describe the cause-and-effect connection between sentences and/or paragraphs. Students will then write a short paragraph explaining how they know these sentences and/or paragraphs are connected.
This assessment should be used following instruction related to reading informational texts and informational text structures, specifically cause and effect.
| Big Ideas | Competencies |
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B. Reading Informational TextStudents can read with purpose, understand and analyze information and evidence to construct meaning in increasingly complex texts. |
B5Students can describe the connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (compare, cause/effect, first/secondhand accounts, etc.). |
Below are analytic teacher rubrics. The column on the left shows the dimension that is being measured in the student’s performance. The levels across the top row indicate the performance level in the dimensions. Occasionally all dimensions and performance levels are exemplified by multiple students in a single recording.
| Dimensions | Not Yet Meeting Expectations | Meeting Expectations | Exceeding Expectations |
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Comprehension of Text |
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