“A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar System” Mini-assessment

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Includes one text and an accompanying video (both from NASA), ten text-dependent questions (including one optional constructed-response prompt for students), and explanatory information for teachers regarding alignment to the CCSS. Learn more about creating your own text-dependent questions.

  • Mini-assessment for “A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar System”

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    The digital version is available through edcite.com.

    • Scoring Rubric for Text-Based Writing Prompts

      This 2-page scoring rubric can be used to rate student responses to any of the writing prompts in the ELA/Literacy mini-assessments developed by Student Achievement Partners.

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