EL351AssessmentStrategies

ValuedPerformanceProject
ProjectTitle:FoundingFathersFactPlate
CandidatesName:LyndsayJackson

ValuedPerformanceProjectStandards
AL.SS.2.2Identifynationalhistoricalfiguresandcelebrationsthatexemplifyfundamental
democraticvalues,includingequality,justice,andresponsibilityforthecommongood.

AL.ELA.2.1Askandanswersuchquestionsaswho,what,where,when,why,andhowto
demonstrateunderstandingofkeydetailsinatext.

AL.ELA.2.25Withguidanceandsupportfromadultsandpeers,focusonatopicandstrengthen
writingasneededbyrevisingandediting.

AL.ELA.2.36DemonstratecommandoftheconventionsofStandardEnglishcapitalization,
punctuation,andspellingwhenwriting

DescriptionofValuedPerformanceProject

Secondgradestudentswillcreateafactplatebasedoffofthecountrysfoundingfathers.
Thisprojectwillincludeapaperplate,yarn,holepuncher,andcoloringmaterials.Studentswill
chooseafoundingfatherandelaborateontheirchoicethroughillustrationandwriting.The
paperplateshouldincludeatitle,whichwillbethenameofthechosenfoundingfatheraswell
asanillustrationofthefoundingfatherinthecenteroftheplate.Holeswillthenbepunchedin
thebottomofthepaperplate,whichiswheretheyarnwillbeattached.Cutoutsofpaperwill
thenbetiedwiththeyarnthroughtheholesonthepaperplatesothattheyaredanglingfromthe
plate.Studentswillanswerquestionsabouttheirfoundingfathersbasedoffofwhat,when,
whereandwhyscenariosonthesmallcutoutsofpaper.

DirectionsforValuedPerformanceorProduct

Forthisprojectyouwillbecreatingafoundingfathersfactplate.Youwillchoosea
foundingfatherthatwehavestudiedsofar.Thisprojectwillbecompletedinclass.Youwilluse
yourtextbooktoanswertherequiredquestions.Directionsareasfollows:

Youwilluseapaperplate.

Atthetopofyourpaperplatewritethenameofthefoundingfatherthatyouhavechosen,this
willbeyourtitle.

Inthecenteroftheplate,drawapictureofthefoundingfatherthatyouhavechosen.Your
pictureshouldbecolorful!

Punchfourholesatthebottomoftheplate.

Cutoutfourpiecesofyarn.
Tieyarnthroughtheholesinthepaperplate.

Cutoutfourpiecesofpaperandholepunchtheseaswell.

Attachtheyarnbytieingitthroughtheholesinthefourpiecesofpaperthatyoujustcutout.

Youwillthenlabelthefourpiecesofpaperasfollows:what,when,where,andwhy.

Itisrequiredthateachofthefollowingquestionsisaddressedcorrectly:Whatdidhedo?When
washebornandwhendidhedie?Wherewasheborn?Whydidyouchoosehim?

Makesurethatyouusecorrectspellingandcapitalization.

Youwillanswerthesequestionsinacompletesentence.

Thereshouldbeonesentenceperquestionanswer,meaningthatyoushouldhavefoursentences
totalwhendone.

Putyourfirstandlastnameonthebackofthepaperplate.

Turnprojectinontime.
AssessmentRubric

Criteria 4 3 2 1

Content:Askand Allfourrequired Threerequired Twooroneof Noneofthe

answersuch questionsare questionsare therequired required
questionsas answered answered questionsare questionsare
who,whatwhen accurately. accurately. answered answered
where,andwhy. accurately, accurately.

AL.ELA.2.1

Content:Identify Showsperfect Showsgood Showssome Showslittle

national knowledgeof knowledgeof knowledgeof knowledgeof
historicalfigures chosenfounding chosenfounding chosenfounding chosenfounding
andcelebrations. father. father. father father.

AL.SS.2.2

EL.ALA.2.25

Capitalization: Allsentences Threeofthefour Twooroneof Noneofthe

includecorrect required thefourrequired required
AL.ELA.2.36 capitalization. sentencesinclude sentences sentencesinclude
AL.ELA.2.25 correct includescorrect correct
capitalization. capitalization. capitalization.

Spelling: Allsentences Threeofthefour Twooroneof Noneofthe

includecorrect required thefourrequired required
AL.ELA.2.36 spelling. sentencesinclude sentences sentencesinclude
AL.ELA.2.25 correctspelling. includescorrect correctspelling.
spelling.

ValidityRationale

Donotremovetheinformationinthissection!Itservesasachecklistforyourvalidity
rationale!Writeavalidityrationaleinoneortwoparagraphsfortheassessmentbelowthis
informationtext.
Includethefollowing:
1.overalldescriptionoftheperformanceorproject
2.thegradeleveltobeassessed
3.howtheperformanceisauthentictotheworldbeyondtheschool
4.howandwhentheassessmenttoolcouldbeusedinaninstructionalcontext
5.whichperformancecriterionrelatestowhichstandard
6.howthedescriptionsontherubriclevelsrelatetothestandards

Inthisprojectsecondgraderswillshowwhattheyhavelearnedaboutourfounding
fathers.Studentswillcreateafoundingfathersfactplateinordertobeassessedontheir
understandingofourfoundingfathers.Studentswillalsoanswerandbeassessedonquestions
thataddresswho,what,when,andwhereaspects.Throughillustrationandcoloringstudentswill
alsobeabletohavefunwiththeproject.Thisprojectwillbebeneficialtothestudentsbecauseit
impliesthevaluesinwhichourcountrywasformedon,anditwillalsogivestudentsthebasic
knowledgeonhowcreatingsomethingthatiseyepleasing.
Sincethisprojectwillbecompletedinclass,studentswillbeallowedtocollaboratewith
oneanotheraswellastheteacher,inordertoexchangeideasandresponses.Thecategorieson
therubricgohandinhandwiththeAlabamaStateStandardsasfarascriteriaandcontent.The
rubricwillbeusedtoassessknowledgeofthefoundingfathers,whichrelatestotheAlabama
StateStandardAL.SS.2.2,aswellasspellingandcapitalization,whichcorrelateswiththestate
standard,AL.ELA.2.36.

SubmissionofProject

YourprojectistobesubmittedtotheassignmentsectionofBlackboardtotheappropriate
folderasafileattachmentand/orprovidedinhardcopytoyourinstructor(Checkcourse
specificsabouthardcopysubmissionrequirements).Yourassignmentwillbeassessedusingthe
rubricinLiveText.TherubricisavailableinthecoursedocumentssectionofBlackboard.You
DONOThavetosubmittheassignmenttoLiveText.