Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) SJ-2-1-2006. Text provided.
Students read a narrative about how a character copes with changes in her family dynamics. Students 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 under the "Working with Students" tab.) Reading age 10-12. SJ-4-2-2000. Text not provided.
Students continue two number patterns of diamonds in a sequential pattern, state the general rule for the number sequences and use the rule to find the pattern number with a given number of diamonds.
Students interpret scores from a gymnastics competition, written to two decimal places, finding the lowest and highest scores and ordering sets of four numbers.