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Grade 3 Assessments

Everything a Grade 3 reviewer needs in one place. Start with the shared diagnostics, then open the Grade 3 cluster companions.

PURPOSE

This page gathers every Grade 3 assessment tool: the shared diagnostics and the Assessment Companion for each cluster.

RATIONALE

Every task is scored against one thinking-level ladder, so a score shows where a student stands on the path to proficiency, not just right or wrong.

HOW TO USE THIS PAGE

Begin with the three diagnostics to place each student on the ladder. Then open a cluster companion to turn student evidence into the next teaching move.

Welcome, Grade 3 reviewer. Every task on this page is scored against one thinking-level ladder, so a score names not just right or wrong but where the student stands on the path to proficiency. Begin with the shared diagnostics to place each student, then open the Grade 3 Assessment Companion, where the same evidence turns into the next teaching move.

Shared Diagnostics and Tools

Start here. The three RPLD diagnostics place each student on the thinking-level ladder, and the ladders, tracker, and master template are the shared engine behind every companion.

TREES Informational Diagnostic (RPLD)

Places each student on the thinking-level ladder for informational writing before instruction begins.

TRAILS Narrative Diagnostic (RPLD)

Places each student on the thinking-level ladder for narrative writing.

CREATURES Argumentative Diagnostic (RPLD)

Places each student on the thinking-level ladder for argumentative writing.

Thinking-Level Ladders

The full ladder of thinking levels that every task and diagnostic is scored against.

Thinking-Level Growth Tracker

Tracks each student's movement up the thinking-level ladder across the year.

Assessment Companion Master Template

The blank Assessment Companion template every cluster companion is built from.

Grade 3 Assessment Companion

The Prepare cluster and all eight clusters, each covering four modules, with student evidence scored against the same thinking-level ladder.

Prepare Cluster

The Prepare cluster, all four modules, with student evidence scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: The Traveling Shell.

All four modules of Cluster 1, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: The Pilgrims Chose Plymouth.

All four modules of Cluster 2, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: Laura Ingalls Wilder.

All four modules of Cluster 3, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: Why We Need Laws.

All four modules of Cluster 4, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: Benjamin Franklin and Electricity.

All four modules of Cluster 5, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passages: Henry Ford & Sam Walton, paired.

All four modules of Cluster 6, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: Crash, argumentative.

All four modules of Cluster 7, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: A Dream Can Grow, poetry-narrative.

All four modules of Cluster 8, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: A Place to Grow, the research capstone.