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New Curriculum Authentic Performance Task
Grade One English Language Arts and Literacy and Science
Expanding the Zoo
Learning Outcomes
- Students examine ways that messages can be organized and presented for different purposes.
- Students examine ways that messages can be organized and presented for different purposes.
- Students develop listening and speaking skills through sharing stories and information.
- Students create messages through the application of writing processes.
- Students investigate and examine needs of plants and animals.
Task Description
Students imagine they are animal experts that have been hired by the local zoo. Their job is to research and propose an animal addition to the zoo. They are expected to present their finding to a panel of important zoo staff.
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Details
Grade
- Grade One
Subject
- English Language Arts and Literacy
- Science
Facts, Skills and Concepts
- Text Forms and Structures
- Text Features
- Expression
- Organization of Text
- Clarifying Meaning
- Oral Language
- Listening and Speaking Skills
- Volume
- Tone
- Pace
- Writing Process
- Asking Questions
- Gathering Information
- Recording Information
- Living Systems
- Plants
- Animals
- Basic Needs
Companion Task
Please Note**
The new curriculum tasks are still in draft and have not yet been piloted by teachers in the classroom. If you are interested in piloting a task and providing feedback to our performance task designers, please fill out the form below. We welcome all feedback!