Third Grade Social Studies

Assessment Plan

Created by Samantha Longanecker

 Assessment Plan: Third Grade - Tennessee Social Studies

This assessment plan follows the third grade Tennessee state standards of public education for the 2020-2021 academic school year.

The pacing of this assessment plan will serve as informative to all stakeholders and allow for interventions to be put into place to ensure the

success of all students within the subject area of social studies at grade three.

Intended Audience: Educators, Academic Coaches, and Administrative Department

Objectives: This detailed assessment plan will serve as a baseline for educators to pace and plan third grade social studies assessments for the

academic school year. Data teams will also use this plan to guide their data team discourse throughout the year.

Strategies: Educators will create common assessments and track student progress throughout the year. Data will be analyzed, and

intervention planned to remediate, target, and enrich instructional practices for each social studies standard assessed. This assessment plan

will serve as informative to instructional teams when planning and creating formative assessments. Assessment formats will mimic the

Tennessee standardized annual assessment known as TNReady. This strategy will assist students in gaining familiarity with the format of

their annual standardized summative state assessment.

Procedures: Educators, academic coaches, and school administration will meet twice quarterly to discuss common assessment data.

Educators will look at all student performance at the grade level and create an action plan appropriate to their population. The data team will

discuss student concerns and create intervention groups to remediate, target, and enrich student performance. The team will also have

discourse centered around sharing responsibility for all learners in the grade level regardless of homeroom placement. All learners assessed

will have a learning intervention plan that will meet their specific needs. Once student needs are identified and intervention groups are made,

the team will discuss how they will share this data and intervention plan with parents. End of year data team meetings will take place and this

assessment plan will be revised to improve for the 2021-2022 school year. All stakeholders will be present and contribute to discussing

strategies to improve assessment in this grade level and subject.

Timeline: August 2020 - May 2021

The academic school year consists of four, nine-week grading periods.

Student Demographics: Third Grade Level

● Total Number of Students: 144

● English Language Learner Population: 5 (3.4%)

● Race & Ethnicity: Displayed in the chart below

Assessment Plan: 3rd Grade Social Studies Tennessee State Social Studies Standards (Third Grade)

Quarter 1

Assessment Window Standard Reporting

August 10 - 21 3.01 - Globes and Maps Common Terms Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
3.02 - Cardinal Directions, Scale, Grid Maps entered data. Team discussions are generated

3.04 - Political Map Features
3.05 - Types of Maps
August 17 - 28 3.03 - Physical features on maps
August 24 - September 4 3.06 - Continents and Oceans
August 31 - September 11 3.07 - Major Countries
3.08 - Major Physical Features
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
 September 14 - 25 3.09 - Identify the 50 States
September 28 - October 9 3.10 - Major U.S. Cities
3.11 - Major U.S. Physical Features
3.12 - Major Physical Features in Tennessee
October 5 - 9 Common Formative Assessment
Intervention Purpose for Quarter 2
Quarter 2
Assessment Window Standard
October 12 - 19 3.13 - Geographic Challenges
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results will be used to drive data team
discussions for second quarter instruction.
Reporting
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
 October 19 - November 6 3.14 - Natural Resources in Tennessee’s Grand Divisions
3.15 - Export and Import Maps of Tennessee
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.

November 2 - 20 3.16 - Prices: Scarcity /Supply & Demand
3.17 - Exchange of Goods & Services
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.

November 16 - December 4 3.18 - Environment & Human Interactions Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.

November 30 - December 18 Common Formative Assessment Results will be used to drive data team
Intervention Purpose for Quarter 3 discussions for third quarter instruction.

Quarter 3

Assessment Window Standard Reporting

January 4 - 15 3.19 - Compare and Contrast Geographic Locations and Results are entered into a shared data team
Customs (Northeast, Southeast, and Plains North American file. All stakeholders have access to view
 Indians) entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.

January 11 - 22 3.20 - American Indian Nation Conflicts Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.

January 18 - 29 3.21 - Early Explorer Contributions Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.

January 25 - February 5 3.22 - American Indian Culture change from European Results are entered into a shared data team
Culture file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.

February 1 - 19 3.23 - Describe the failure of the lost colony of Roanoke Results are entered into a shared data team
and the theories associated with it. file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by

February 8 - 26 3.24 - Explain the significance of the settlement of
Jamestown and the role it played in the founding of the
U.S.
March 4 - 12 Common Formative Assessment
Intervention Purpose for Quarter 4
Quarter 4
Assessment Window Standard
March 22 - April 2 3.25 - Explain the significance of the settlements of
Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth and the role they played
in the settling of our country.
3.26 - Examine how the regional (i.e New England,
Middle, and Southern) geographic features of the Thirteen
Colonies influenced their development.
April 5 - 16 3.27 - Identify the economic, political, and religious
reasons for founding the Thirteen Colonies and the role of
indentured servitude and slavery in their settlement.
3.28 - Identify representative assemblies and town
meetings as early democratic practices during the colonial
period.
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results will be used to drive data team
discussions for the final quarter of the year.
Reporting
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
 April 12 - 23 3.29 - Explain the cooperation that existed between
colonists and American Indians during the 1600s and
1700s, including: fur trade, military alliances, treaties, and
cultural exchanges.
3.30 - Examine how long hunters (e.g., Daniel Boone and
William Bean) created interest in land west of the
Appalachian Mountains.
3.31 - Describe life on the Tennessee frontier and reasons
why settlers moved west.
May 3 - 7 End of Year - Summative Assessment
The assessment window is subject to unforeseen changes to the academic school calendar and pacing of lessons at specific school sites.
Results are entered into a shared data team
file. All stakeholders have access to view
entered data. Team discussions are generated
around this data. Reports are organized by
instructing educators, but a whole team
approach is the focus of all data team
discussions.
Results are shared with stakeholders for the
2021-2022 academic school year. Reports
will also be used to generate class placement
for the 2021-2022 school year.