Level: Elementary New York State Common Core Learning Standards: Common Core Standard: English Language Arts & Literacy CCR Anchor: Key Ideas and Details (R. CCR) Strand: Reading for Informational Text (RI) Grade: Fourth (4) Standard: RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Instructional Task (what the standards mean in your own words) Learning Objectives Student Work Assessment Tool With limited assistance from the teacher refer to details and examples while explaining what the text says explicitly after reading about the Iditarod. TSWBAT write specific facts about the Iditarod and mushers, and explain the text explicitly while also referring to details and examples from the text. Refer to explicit details and examples to complete an All About the Iditarod facts worksheet. A formative checklist called the thumbs up found on page 23 will be used to check for student completion. Students independently write their paragraphs by drawing inferences from text referring to details and examples. Independently TSWBAT accurately answer questions about the history of the Iditarod while drawing inferences from text and referring to details and examples from the text. Complete a History of the Iditarod question sheet while drawing inferences from text. Are Sled Dogs being Mistreated Rubric (appendix F) will be used based upon the following attributes; - Refers to details and examples from the text. - Accurately drawing inferences from text when responding to questions - Grammar - Neatness - Punctuation The students write a paragraph explaining their opinion about sled dogs. They use specific details from the text in order to support their opinion about sled dog racing. Independently TSWBAT write a paragraph and explicitly explain, using details, if they think the dogs are being mistreated. Students write a paragraph entitled, Are Sled Dogs Being Mistreated? Drawing inferences and explicitly referring to details paragraph. assessment
---- A classroom point chart for each student used as a behavioral modification technique. needed. ---- The point chart for each student is used to monitor student behavior when they are off task or need to be refocused and redirected. students as they are reading. ---- This allows students to self assess and monitor their attentiveness and focus on the lesson. If they lose points, they know they have to refocus and be more attentive to the task at hand. Instructional Breaking the students into two small reading groups. -- Working in small groups. Since there is a higher and lower level reading group, dividing the two groups is more effective for providing instruction. -- Students will likely be more attentive and focused with what they are working on in a small group because of the guided instruction being provided by the teacher. Both the higher and lower level reading group benefit from this because the higher reading group can work at their own pace and be more independent, while the lower reading group can be guided throughout the lesson with more teacher assistance and support. -- Having the students work in a small group setting allows for more individualized attention from the teacher. The teacher can provide assistance to the students if they are having difficulties keeping up with the reading, or do not understand the material. Students are also able to ask more questions in order to clarify anything they
Clear, well organized, well developed ideas (Weight: 1 point) /4 points Your paragraph has at least 4-5 details from the passage Is the Iditarod for the Dogs Your paragraph has 3 details from the passage Is the Iditarod for the Dogs Your paragraph has 2 details from the passage Is the Iditarod for the Dogs Your paragraph has none or only one detail from the passage Is the Iditarod for the Dogs Drawing inferences and stating opinion (Weight: 1 point) /4 points 4 sentences of your own opinion about the treatment of the dogs. 3 sentences of your own opinion about the treatment of the dogs. 2 sentences of your own opinion about the treatment of the dogs. 1 sentence of your own opinion about the treatment of the dogs. Editing for grammar, usage and punctuation (Weight: 1 point) /4 points Before corrections you have less than 3 spelling, grammar, and punctuation usage errors in your paragraph Before corrections you have 4 spelling, grammar, and punctuation usage errors in your paragraph Before corrections you have 5 spelling, grammar, and punctuation usage errors in your paragraph Before corrections you have 6 spelling, grammar, and punctuation usage errors in your paragraph Sentence variation, word choice, and paragraph length (Weight: 1 point) /4 points You use sentence variation (all of your sentences start of differently). You use descriptive language (instead of bad you say horribly) and your paragraph has 6-8 detailed sentences. You use some sentence variation (some of your sentences start the same with I think… or Yes sled dogs are mistreated because…). You use descriptive language (instead of bad you say horribly) and your paragraph has 5 detailed sentences. You use very little sentence variation (most of your sentences start with I think… or Yes sled dogs are mistreated because). You use very little descriptive language (you use a lot of nice, bad, sad) and your paragraph has 3-4 detailed sentences. You do not use sentence variation at all (all of your sentences start with I think… or Yes sled dogs are mistreated because…). You use no descriptive language (you constantly use words like nice, bad, sad) and your paragraph has 1-2 detailed sentences. Are Sled Dogs being Mistreated Rubric- ELA Student Score: /16 Comments: