SK SSA ELA 4 case studies
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The Saskatchewan Supporting Student Assessment (SSA) in English Language Arts 4 is a provincial assessment used with Grade 4 students in Saskatchewan. It is designed to give teachers and families evidence about how a student reads, writes, speaks, listens, and views at a point in the school year, and to inform instruction rather than to license or certify an individual. If you are a teacher, a parent, or a student preparing for it, treat it as a snapshot of skills, not a high-stakes gate. The assessment draws on several strands: reading comprehension of informational and literary texts, vocabulary and language conventions, informational/explanatory writing, narrative writing, and speaking, listening, and viewing. The SK SSA ELA 4 case studies are 5 cases and about 2,777 words.
1Scoring a Grade 4 Retell: Details Without a Main Idea
Okafor's grade 4 class is learning how to summarize informational text. They read a three-paragraph article explaining that beavers build dams by chewing trees, dragging sticks into a river, and packing mud between the sticks.
564 words, about 3 min2A Plausible but Unexplained Inference in a Literary Response
Tran's grade 4 class is discussing a short story. The excerpt reads: 'Mira stared at the blank paper.
555 words, about 3 min3Prioritizing Conventions Feedback After an Editing Task
Bell gives his grade 4 class this editing paragraph: 'My class visited the museum on tuesday. We seen a giant fossil of a fish.
524 words, about 3 min4Revision Priorities in a Grade 4 How-To Paragraph
Alvarez's grade 4 students are writing a procedural paragraph titled 'How to Make a Bird Feeder.' The draft reads: 'First, you need a milk jug. You should cut a hole in it.
561 words, about 3 min5Choosing a Narrative Mini-Lesson: Dialogue or Stretched Moment?
Nguyen's grade 4 class is writing a personal narrative about a small moment. Dante's draft: 'One day I lost my tooth.
573 words, about 3 min