PreK-3 Performance Assessments
SVMI - SMCOE
Set 2
Performance Assessment
Bears Playing Outside
Bird Watching
Play Ball
In One Minute
Goldfish Bowls
Grade Level
PK, TK
K
1st
2nd
3rd
PreK-3 PLC: Making Sense of Math
2012-2013
Bears Playing Outside
Pre-Kindergarten Performance Assessment Interview
Materials Needed
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Interview script
1 picture of the outside (tree and log with grass) printed on cardstock
16 bear manipulatives (one color), 16 cubes (one color), 16 bear pictures
Student recording sheet
This assessment is an interview with one student. Place the pictures of the outside (tree with
the grass, and the log) in front of the student. Place piles of the different manipulatives next to
the picture. Follow the script and record student responses on the student recording sheet.
Interview Script
Introduction Level: Use only if the student is unable to answer Part 1 after 15 seconds.
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Start here Say, “2 bears were playing in the grass. Can you show me where the grass is?
(Student should point any of the grass areas). 1 more bear comes to play. How many
bears are playing in the grass altogether? You may use the bears, the cubes, or
the pictures to show your work.” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
Say, “3 bears were playing in the sandbox. Can you show me the sandbox?
(Student should point to the sandbox). 2 bears join them. How many bears are now
in the sandbox?” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
Say, “5 bears climbed up the tree. Can you show me the tree? 3 bears climbed
down and went home. How many bears are left on the tree?” (Record student
responses on the recording sheet).
1. Say, “3 bears were playing in the grass. 3 more bears come to play. How many
bears are playing in the grass altogether? You may use the bears, the cubes or
the pictures to show your work.” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
2. Say, “5 bears were playing on the log. 2 bears join them. How many bears are
now on the log?” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
3. Say, “7 bears climbed up the tree. 5 bears climbed down and went home. How
many bears are left on the tree?” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
If the child struggles with any of these problems, use the corresponding problems and
numbers in the introduction section.
If the child is successful with all three of these numbered problems, continue the interview
with the questions below.
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Say, “7 bears were playing in the grass. 2 more bears come to play. How many
bears are playing in the grass altogether? You may use the bears, the cubes or
the pictures to show your work.” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
Say, “4 bears were playing on the log. 5 bears join them. How many bears are
now on the log?” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
Say, “10 bears climbed up the tree. 3 bears climbed down and went home. How
many bears are left on the tree?” (Record student responses on the recording sheet).
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Circle One
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Bird Watching
These are two geese. These are two ducks. 1. Miguel and Sophia like to take their dog to the park. They see 5 geese and 4 ducks
on the grass. How many birds are there in all?
_____birds
Use pictures, words, and numbers to solve this problem.
(Teacher or student records how it is solved.)
2. Their dog scares 3 of the birds and they run into the pond.
How many birds are left on the grass?
_____birds
Use pictures, words, and numbers to solve this problem.
(Teacher or student records how it is solved.)
SVMI-SMCOE Performance Assessment 2012-13
Kindergarten 2nd assessment
3. Miguel and Sophia sit quietly watching the birds in the pond. The 3 birds in the pond
are joined by some more ducks. Now there are 10 birds in all in the pond. How
many ducks joined the 3 birds?
_____birds
Use pictures, words, and numbers to solve this problem.
(Teacher or student records how it is solved.)
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Kindergarten 2nd assessment
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Circle One One-to-One Small Group Whole Class
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Play Ball
Jess is playing baseball. She will buy a ball, a bat, and a glove.
Ball $3 Bat $6 Glove $7 1. How much money will Jess spend? $ _______
Use pictures, words, and numbers to show your work.
2. Jess has $20. How much money will she have left from the $20?
Use pictures, words, and numbers to show your work.
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First Grade 2nd assessment
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Circle One One-to-One Small Group Whole Class
In One Minute
Lydia, Andres and Jim were playing “In One Minute”. First
they found out how many numbers they could write in one
minute. Here’s what they could do.
Numbers
Lydia
67
Andres
49
Jim
51
1. Who wrote the most numbers?
2. How many more numbers did Lydia write than Andres?
Show how you know your answer is correct.
Mathematics Assessment Collaborative
Performance Assessment for Second Grade 2006
Next, they found out how many letters they could write in
one minute. Here’s what Lydia and Andres could do.
Letters
Lydia
46
Andres
84
Jim
3. Who wrote the most letters?
4. Jim said to Andres, “I wrote 8 fewer letters than you did.
How many letters did Jim write?
Show how you know your answer is correct.
5. How many more letters did Andres write than Lydia?
Show how you know your answer is correct.
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Performance Assessment for Second Grade 2006
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Circle One One-to-One Small Group Whole Class
Goldfish Bowls
This problem gives you the chance to:
• use numbers in a real situation
1. Dan has 3 goldfish bowls.
He keeps 12 goldfish in each bowl.
How many goldfish does Dan have?
Show how you figured it out.
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Dan always has the same number of fish in each of his goldfish bowls.
2. He breaks one bowl, so now he has just 2 bowls.
How many fish will he need to put in each bowl?
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3. He buys two more bowls, so now he has 4 bowls.
How many fish will he put in each bowl?
4. If he has 6 bowls how many fish will he put in each bowl?
Show how you figured it out.
5. Dan discovers that if he has 5 fish bowls he can’t have the same number of fish in
each bowl. Explain how you know he is correct.
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