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= ** Performance Assessment Design Template ** = Grade Level: Fifth grade Targeted Content Area(s): Math and whole numbers operation Authors: Lauren Hummert School, District, and State: WFB middle school, Whitefish Bay, Wi  Assessment Title:

Full Text of Standard(s) and Indicators(s) in Targeted Content Area: Related Interdisciplinary Standard(s) and Indicators(s): 1.Write and interpret numerical expressions.   2. Use place value understanding to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.   3. Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.   4. Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.   5. Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.  6. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.

<span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Understandings from Established Goals and Standards <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">1. Mathematics and the ability to compute numbers allows us to make technological advances and help improve our society and the environment. <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">2. In order to record and learn from data we must be able to use and compute integers and create and interpret coordinate planes. <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Essential Questions from Big Ideas to Guide Instruction and Assessment <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">1. <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">What are some negative consequences that could arise in the environment if we didn't have mathematics to help us study and learn about the environment? <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">2. <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> How would your life be different if we didn't have a number and monetary system? <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">3. <span style="color: black; font-family: "HEBMFF+ComicSansMS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">How will being able to do simple numerical operations benefit us in life?

Ecology project - Each student will choose a state to research. - They will have to gather the following data
 * 1) The highest elevation and lowest point
 * 2) Population information on an endangered species
 * be sure to include yearly population for the past 10 years!
 * 1) The hottest and coldest temperature extremes

Use your math skills to gather data about your state and draw conclusions: Answer the following questions by performing math operations on the data that you have gathered
 * 1) What is the difference between the lowest and highest elevation in your state?
 * 2) What is the difference between the two extreme temperatures that occur in your state (indicate the year of the data you use)
 * 3) Convert the difference in temperature from F to C.
 * 4) Chart yearly population data of your animal for the past 10 years.
 * 5) Create a scatter plot of your population data.

Students will be given a list of topics and animals to chose from. Teachers will have handouts and material where students can easily access the data. Students who are unable to do research will be given a handout with all the necessary information to perform the math operations as the students are being assessed on math content and not their research skills.