Amber Gilbert

Sped 741: Methods and Assessment: Literacy Interventions for Struggling Learners & Students with High-
Incidence Disabilities
Common Core Assignment

Common Core Assignment

Instructions: Determine a Common Core sample task for a particular grade level and student using
the following resources. Then answer the questions pertaining to the performance task you chose.

Common Core Performance Task Resources

http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf

http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-and-performance-tasks/

Common Core Sample Performance Task: The task I chose to use was located at the following link:
http://www.smarterbalanced.org/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2015/08/G3_PracticeTest_ScoringGuide_ELA.pdf This is for a third grade with reading
problems.

Description of Student with Reading/Writing Challenges:

The student that I provided the reading assessment for is nine years old and mentioned to me that she doesnt
like to read. Her name is Faithe. Faithe is a friend of my cousin and an active member in girl scouts. She is
very outgoing and smiles a lot. When I asked her why she doesnt like to read, she told me it was because she
gets bored.

Question
What is the discrepancy between the student and
the task?
What types of differentiation might be needed?
What might an intensive personalized instruction
plan look like for this student?
Response
Faithe scored high on this assesement.
Faithe needs to be introduced to reading material that is
higher level. What I thought might be a challenge for her is
actually because she isnt being challenged enough.
I would introduce 4th or 5th grade reading material and
vocabulary to Faithe. She is interested in horses, so I
would provide motivational opportunities when selecting
reading for her.

Differentiation Tools and Resources

http://www.ccsso.org/Resources/Publications/Common_Core_State_Standards_Implementation_Tools_and_R
esources.html