CCSS Toolkit: ELA/Literacy Claim 2 Sample Summative Items (3-5)

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CCSS Toolkit: ELA/Literacy Claim 2 Sample Summative Items (3-5)

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Claim 2: Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.

These sample items have been provided by Smarter Balanced as preliminary examples of the types of items that students might encounter on the summative assessment. Each item includes a reference to the target standard(s) it addresses, the student text, and evaluation rubrics, where appropriate.

SR = Selected Response CR = Constructed Response ER = Extended Response TE = Technology Enhanced PT = Performance Task

Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
The Fox as Herdsman (CR)	Narrative Paragraph with a Weak Sensory Detail (SR)	The Peaches (CR)
	My Chicken Coop (TE)
Tall Tale Narrative (DRAFT PT)	Fables (DRAFT PT)	Honus Wagner (DRAFT PT)
Birds Make Good Pets (SR)		Election of the President (SR)
Dental Health (DRAFT PT)	Civil War Quilts (DRAFT PT)	Pollution on Land and in Space (PT)
An Opinion Paragraph (CR)		Animals on the Move (SR)
Fame at a Young Age (DRAFT PT)	Living Here or There (DRAFT PT)	Child Philanthropists (DRAFT PT)
How Laws Are Made (SR)	Evidence of Evaporation (SR)	Animals on the Move (SR)
	My Chicken Coop (TE)
Opportunities at the Hull House (SR)	Animal Homes (SR)	Animals on the Move (SR)
	Canada Sentence (TE)