Assessment

Within Units,
Moving Beyond
the GRASPS Tasks
Project Umiaq
District In-Service
February 16, 2016
 Ann Washburn

3-4 Grade
Harold Kaveolook School
Kaktovik
ann.washburn@nsbsd.org
 Agenda
Define GRASPS Task
Role of ILF
Compare and Contrast GRASPS Step-by-Step
Arctic Survival
3rd Grade
Primarily Language Arts Unit
DOK Level 4- Create
Whaling Flag Fractions Quilt
4th Grade
Primarily Math Unit
DOK Level 3- Construct

Completing State 2- Other Performance Assessments

 GRASPS Tasks
G- Real-world Goal

R- Real-world Role

A- Real-world Audience

S- Real-world Situation

P- Real-world Products or Performances

S- Standards
Iñupiaq Learning Framework
(ILF)

Performance Expectations
 Real-World Goal
Provide a statement of the task.

Establish the goal, problem, challenge, or obstacle in

task.
 Arctic Survival Unit Goal
Your task is to create a kit that contains resources that
can be used to help you survive in the Arctic.

Environmental Realm: Tools

Personal Skills and Technology E.t.4

The student demonstrates the ability to use a variety of

tools for appropriate applications by…
[B] E.t.4.5 Putting together a personal traveling kit for
camping/hunting or an airplane trip
 Whaling Flag Unit Goal
Your task is to construct a new whaling flag using your
knowledge of sewing and measurement to recreate the
image on your crew’s flag.

Environmental Realm: Sewing

Sewing Expertise is Essential E.s.3

The student demonstrates an understanding of sewing
skills by..
[N] E.s.3.1- Increases his/her repertoire of measuring
techniques
[N] E.s.3.2- Refining the uniformity of the whip and
running stitches on a variety of materials
[N] E.s.3.4- Completing a sewing project with assistance
[N] E.s.3.5- Using a sewing machine for basic stitching
techniques
Depth of Knowledge
Depth of Knowledge
Arctic Survival Unit DOK

Your task is to create a kit

that contains resources that
can be used to help you
survive in the Arctic.
DOK Level 4
Depth of Knowledge
 Whaling Flag Unit DOK
Your task is to construct a
new whaling flag using your
knowledge of sewing and
measurement to recreate the
image on your crew’s flag.
DOK Level 3
Depth of Knowledge
 Real-World Role
Define the role of the students in the task.

State the job of the students for the task.

 Arctic Survival Unit Role
Your job is to create a survival kit with resources that
help you survive in the Arctic making sure that you
include resources for food, water, and shelter.
 Whaling Flag Unit Role
Your job is to use your knowledge of sewing to
recreate the whaling flag that was lost on the
last day of whaling.
 Real-World Audience
Identify the target audience within the context of the
scenario.

Example audiences might include a client or a

committee.
Arctic Survival Unit Audience
The target audience will be the 2nd and 3rd grade
students at Harold Kaveolook School. The students
will also create survival kits for every person in the
village.
Whaling Flag Unit Audience
The target audience will be the members of your
whaling crew, as well as the entire village of Kaktovik.
 Real-World Situation
Set the context of the scenario.

Explain the situation.

Can be as detailed as you want.

Pose a question.

Tell a story.

Get CREATIVE!
Arctic Survival Unit Situation
What if you were lost on the tundra in August during a
hunting trip? How would you survive? What resources
would you like to have with you to help you survive?
Use your knowledge of survival to create a kit and
explain the functions of each resource.
 Whaling Flag Unit Scenario
It is the last day of the fall whaling season. Having been
part of the third successful crew, you are helping to prepare
food during the traditional Captain’s feast. You crew’s
whaling flag flies proudly over the house, fluttering gently
in the wind.
Suddenly, a fierce gust catches the flag and rips it from the
pole. It dances through the air, caught on the currents.
When the gust finally subsides, your flag flutters slowly
toward earth where an unsuspecting polar bear is feasting
on the remains of the whale’s carcass.
As gravity pulls the flag toward the ground, it gets caught
on the polar bear’s radio collar. Frightened by the
flapping, the bear rushes at breakneck speeds towards the
safety of the ocean. She plows head first into the icy waters
of the Beaufort Sea, pulling your whaling flag with her.
With one last glimpse, the bear dives below the waters,
taking your flag to the depths, never to be seen again.
Whaling Flag Unit Situation
As a member of a Kaktovik fall
whaling crew, one of your
responsibilities will be to make
sure that your crew has a flag for
the next whaling season. How
will you construct a flag? What
skills will you use to sew the flag
to ensure that it is not destroyed
by the elements?
 Real-World Products or
Performances
Clarify what the students will create and why they will
create it.
Arctic Survival Unit Product
You will be able to explain what you would do if you
got lost on the tundra.

You will create a survival kit with resources that will

help you survive.
Whaling Flag Unit Product
You will create a reproduction of a current Kaktovik
whaling flag in order to show the importance the flag
plays in the hunt and the image found on the flag.
 Standards and Criteria
Provide students with a clear picture of success.

Identify specific standards for success.

Issue rubrics to the students or develop them with the

students.
Arctic Survival Unit Standards
A successful result will be the construction of a survival
kit with resources that will help you get food, water,
and shelter. You must also be able to explain the uses
of each item in the kit.

The survival kit will be scored using the Survival Kit

Rubric.
Whaling Flag Unit Standards
A successful result will be the construction of a whaling
flag that shows the imagery chosen by a contemporary
whaling crew. This flag will be added to a quilt that
will be constructed by the entire third and fourth grade
class. You must be able to measure, cut, attach, and
sew the flag so that it remains intact and is a
reasonable likeness used by one of the current whaling
crews.

The whaling flag quilt square will be scored using the

Whaling Flag Rubric.
Stage 2: Assessment Evidence
GRASPS Task
1 Required

Other Performance Assessments

Summative Assessments
Graded Assessments

Evaluative Criteria vs. Other Evidence (Graded)

 Other Evidence
Summative Assessments

Assesses the Standards

Identify DOK Level

Identify Learning Experience

Art Activities
Story Sculptures- Past
Story Sculptures- Present
Writing Activities
Quizzes
Tests
 Evaluative Criteria
Ways to assign a grade to a summative assessment
Rubric
Answer Key
 For a Closer Look
Language Arts 3- LA/SCI/CTE/MA 3rd Arctic Survival *XL
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Math 4- Math 4 Whaling Flags and Fractions Quilt *TR2

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