10 Outstanding PARCC Assignments

With the PARCC assessments around the corner, teachers are scrambling to find resources to help their students practice. And, to make things slightly more complicated, students need to not only practice with the rigorous, Common Core-aligned content, but they also need to practice their technology skills to prepare for these computer-based exams. To help teachers with both of these aspects, Edcite has added 10 PARCC-specific question types that mimic those students will see on the performance based assessment (PBA) and end-of-year exam (EOY). Here are 10 outstandingly awesome assignments teachers in our community have created themselves and shared in our library!

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1) Assignment Name: PARCC Question of the Day
Created By: Mary Ellen Weeks
Grade/Subject: 4-5, ELA
More Information: this ELA assignment asks students to practice reading a passage and answer comprehension questions. It’s short and simple, but effective! Daniel has posted many “Question of the Day” assignments on Edcite, which you can find by searching for his name ‘Daniel Davis’.

2) Assignment Name: Happiness PARCC Research Task
Created By: Elizabeth Curington
Grade/Subject: 6-8, ELA
More Information: this assignment makes great use of the Part A/Part B ELA questions students will commonly see on the PARCC ELA exam. For more information on these types of questions, see our blog post!

3) Assignment Name: Argumentative Essay: Uniforms in School
Created By: Lisa Velagic
Grade/Subject: 6-8, ELA
More Information: this assignment asks students to consider the arguments for and against uniforms in school and write their own argumentative essay. Argumentative rather than persuasive essays are heavily emphasized by the Common Core, according to this ELA teacher.

4) Assignment Name: The Night & Number the Stars
Created By: Chip Davis
Grade/Subject: 8, ELA
More Information: this ELA assignment asks students to compare passages from 2 different texts, reinforcing a skill students will be asked to do often in the PARCC exams. For more of Chip’s outstanding assignments, search for ‘Chip Davis’ in our assignments library. Also, read this guest blog post by Chip and his colleague Marita Scarlett used Edcite to prepare their ELA students for PARCC!

5) Assignment Name: The Crucible ELA Assessment
Created By: Jessica Kaiser
Grade/Subject: 11, ELA
More Information: this assignment provides practice on a range of math concepts, from functions, this ELA assignment asks students to read text from the Crucible and complete some text-based analysis.

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6) Assignment Name: Fractions Performance Task
Created By: Josie Fixler
Grade/Subject: 4, Math
More Information: this assignment asks students to explore the concept of fractions and use many of the new math-specific item types.

7) Assignment Name: Math TestNav Skills
Created By: E Gorski
Grade/Subject: 3-5, Math
More Information: this assignment allows students to practice with the math-specific question types that will appear on the PARCC exam, from keyboard response to pictograph response.

8) Assignment Name: Algebra I Semester Exam
Created By: Janice Pleimann
Grade/Subject: 8-12, Math
More Information: this assignment can be used as a summative assessment, or for some basic algebra practice with your students.

9) Assignment Name: 8th Grade Cumulative Exam
Created By: Josh Schneider
Grade/Subject: 8, Math
More Information: this assignment provides practice on a range of math concepts, from functions, to rational/irrational numbers, to geometry. If you want to focus on one of these skills, you can customize this assignment for your students on Edcite by deleting or adding questions as you see fit.

10) Assignment Name: Int Math 1 PARCC Quiz (No Calculator)
Created By: Becky Dornette
Grade/Subject: 8, Math
More Information: this assignment provides practice on a range of math concepts, from functions, this ELA assignment asks students to read text from the Crucible and complete some text-based analysis.

Bonus Assignment!

11) Assignment Name: PARCC Sample Assignment
Created By: Deb Bogard
Grade/Subject: 4-12, Science/ELA
More Information: this assignment showcases many of the PARCC question types and contains content for many different grades. It’s a great way to show other teachers at your school what they can find or create for themselves on Edcite!