1. March 3, 2015 W ARM -U P : Find your seats from yesterday. Log on to the computer. Turn your monitor off.

2. Tonight’s Homework Unit 5 Vocabulary Flash Cards due Friday

3. Discussion Were there any problems/ issues that you found while taking the test yesterday? (aside from the log-in issue that many of you had…)

4. Today’s Objective SWBAT (Students Will Be Able To)… Discuss ideas to help them with the context for the Performance Task for the Smarter Balance Assessment. use the computer to take the practice test for the Performance Task for the Smarter Balance Assessment.

5. Class Activity Today we are going to talk about camping. Who here has been camping?

6. Class Activity What types of activities would you want to do on a camping trip?

7. Class Activity Where would you like to go camping? ?

8. Class Activity Campsites are places specifically designed for camping. What features would you want in a campsite?

9. Class Activity Sometimes campsites have ponds nearby where you can swim or fish. Also, many campsites include picnic tables where you can eat your meals. There may also be caves, waterfalls, and overlooks where you can explore the outdoors.

10. Class Activity: Vocabulary Campsite: a place specifically set up for camping, where people can put up a tent, cook, sleep, and do other outdoor activities Overlook: a place from which one may look down on the scenery below Walking Bridge: a structure carrying a pathway over an obstacle or barrier

11. Class Activity: Vocabulary Cave: a natural chamber or series of chambers in the earth or in the side of a hill or cliff Waterfall: an area in a stream or river where running water falls down over a rock formation (such as over the side of a cliff)

12. Class Activity Are there any questions?

13. Class Activity Today, we completed an activity about camping. These ideas may help you when you complete your performance task. You are ready to complete the Camping Performance Task.

14. Taking the Test Student actions:  open icon on desk-top  log-in with 3 things: Student first name (as it appears on the ticket) Student 10 digit SS id# (on ticket) Test session id # (written on the board)

15. SBA practice Performance Task When you think you are finished with your test: 1. End the testing session 2. Log off of the computer 3. Find something to do silently – you may not communicate with any other student during the testing time period.