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Expand Learning Progress

2015-2016 Priorities and Resources

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Contents The 2016 Challenge p. 3 Next Generation Science p. 12 Competence = Know What and Know How p. 16 Math Competence p. 19 Reading Competence p. 24 Plan Comprehensively p. 28 Embed Professional Development p. 31 Embed Social Emotional Development p. 33 Visual Thinking and Learning Exhibits p. 39 Planning Resources: Peer Presentation Planner p. 45 Math Activity Inventory p. 46 Literacy Task Inventory p. 47 Science Task Inventory p. 48 GROW Nonfiction Planners p. 50 NWEA Literacy Genre Requirements p. 55 Literacy Genre Unit Overview p. 59 Science Literacy Blueprint p. 61 Social Science Blueprints p. 62 Comprehensive Curriculum Plans p. 66 All resources are posted on teacher.depaul.edu.



Meet the 2015-‐2016 Challenge! How will we expand progress? > Persistent learners > Informed and involved parents > School Day/After-‐School/Home Connections > Comprehensive Structures Teach transferrable ideas and abilities: Teach concepts clearly in accessible contexts; assess students’ ability to apply them to new contexts.



Where are we? Where are we going? How will we get there? What do we need to reach the destination successfully? What will we do when we hit potholes?



Where are we?

Common Core Land What does Common Core require? Clear and careful thinking about more complex texts and math problems that challenge students more than the previous curriculum did. Strategic thinking as students analyze complex situations in every subject. Clear and focused communication as students respond to tasks that require them to construct responses to more rigorous questions and apply concepts, skills, and strategies in more challenging contexts. At each grade, complexity increases as rigor rises: Complexity of Text/Context Complexity of Task Complexity of Concepts



TASK EXAMPLES from PARCC Transferrable Nonfiction Constructed Response Questions These are adaptable to any text. They are based on PARCC models.

! CCSSR2 and 6—analyze how a writer uses information to support an idea. Identify the information from the passage that strongly supports the central idea.

Then explain how the writer helps you understand that idea with the examples.

! CCSSR6—Analyze how articles accomplish different purposes. Compare two articles about the same topic. Identify the purpose of each article. Then tell how the kind of information each writer tells you is different or alike.

! CCSSR8—Evaluate strength of support for a claim. What is a claim that the writer makes? What

evidence does the writer use to support the claim? Which information provides the strongest support?

! CCSSR9—compare two sources. Compare one article and one video. What kinds of information

do both include? What kinds of information is only in the video or only in the article?

! CCSSR9—Contrast 3 sources. Compare how two articles and one video explain the same situation. Support your essay with information from all three sources.

! CCSSR9—Compare development of same theme in two histories. After you read two histories

with the same theme, think about how they develop it.

! CCSSR8—Evaluate the strength of evidence used to support arguments in two texts. Compare and contrast two articles that make the same claim. Write an essay that compares and contrasts the evidence each source uses to support this claim. Analyze the strength of the arguments. Remember to use textual evidence to support your ideas.

! CCSSR6—Analyze how writers use sources to accomplish a purpose—in two texts (CCSCSR9).

After you read two different articles on the same topic, write an essay comparing the purposes of the two sources. Then analyze how each source uses explanations and descriptions to accomplish its purpose. Support your response with evidence form each source.

! CCSCSR8—Evaluate the support for a claim in two different sources. Compare an article and a

video that both make the same claim. Evaluate the evidence each one uses to support the claim.

! CCSSR8—Evaluate the strength of support for a claim in two texts and one video. After you read

two articles and one video clip that make the same claim, compare and contrast two of them. Decide which supports the claim more effectively based on the strength of the evidence.



THE KEY TO BIG THINKING: CONCEPTS THE WAY TO LEARN THEM: CONTEXTS THE WAY TO ASSESS THEM: TRANSFER THEM TO NEW CONTEXTS. CONNECT: Reading/Thinking\Writing LEARNING Across the Curriculum

" Research/Analyze/Respond Thoughtfully " Use Academic Vocabulary to clarify concepts " Write to Learn More



Scaffold thinking with core posters. How do you read nonfiction? # Preview the text and graphics. # Learn ideas through examples. # Identify the structure of the text. # Figure out the central idea. # Infer the writer’s point of view.

How do you read a story? # Identify important events. # Analyze actions to infer characters’ traits. # Analyze plot to infer theme. # Identify ways the writer helps you understand the story.

CORE HISTORY QUESTIONS > What challenges did people face? > What choices did people make? > What effects did they have? What ideas can we learn by thinking about this history?

Solve problems and answer questions with clear thinking. ⇒ What will I figure out? ⇒ How will I do it? ⇒ What ideas and information will I use? You’ll get 10 posters today to reinforce core thinking.



How do you interpret history? Use Cross-‐Cutting Concepts of History to frame it.

change causes and effects challenge choice context continuity identity Innovation pattern

relationships structure values Identify a change you made that caused a positive effect.

____________________________________________________ Which of these was important to that progress? collaboration

creativity determination

flexibility

focus independence

open mind

perspective resilience

responsibility vision

Which of those will you need to meet the 2016 challenge?



Where are we going? Chicago 2016.

Concept: PIONEER History can illuminate the present—and the future.

This picture/map shows Chicago in 1831. View of Chicago in 1831 by Barber and Howe, 1865. Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chicago_1831_Barber_1865p286.jpg

What would a student in Chicago need to learn in 1831?



Pioneers moved to Chicago. What would they need in 1831? Imagine you’re moving to Chicago from Boston in 1831. Choose just five of these things to take with you to help you set up your home.

What I’ll Bring Why potatoes

bucket

bowl

coffee beans

hammer

knife

flour

first aid kit

lantern

table

shovel

axe

fishing rod

guitar

What five things would a family moving to Chicago today need to bring?

This activity is based on a Chicago History Museum project by Jeanine Stec



Where are we going? NGSS territory What do the Next Generation Science Standards require? Clear and careful thinking with concepts about each discipline of science. Strategic thinking as students analyze complex situations Clear and focused communication as students respond to tasks that require them to construct responses to more rigorous questions and apply concepts, skills, and strategies in more challenging contexts. Where were we? In ISBE territory—here are the main ISBE science content standards:

12A. Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change. 12B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and their environment. 12C. Know and apply concepts that describe properties of matter and energy and interactions between them. 12 D. Know and apply concepts that describe force and motion and the principles that explain them. 12E. Know and apply concepts that describe the features and processes of the Earth and its resources. 12F. Know and apply concepts that explain the composition and structure of the universe and Earth’s place in it.

What four words are in each standard? Good news: ISBE emphasized concepts! Not such good news: ISBE stopped testing science. Bad news: NGSS is new. Better news: NGSS emphasizes thinking.



How will Next Generation Science Standards change science education? It’s about applying ideas.

A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK Scientific and Engineering Practices 1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 2. Developing and using models 3. Planning and carrying out investigations 4. Analyzing and interpreting data 5. Using mathematics and computational thinking 6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 7. Engaging in argument from evidence 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information Crosscutting Concepts 1. Patterns 2. Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation 3. Scale, proportion, and quantity 4. Systems and system models 5. Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation 6. Structure and function 7. Stability and change Disciplinary Core Ideas Physical Sciences PS1: Matter and its interactions PS2: Motion and stability: Forces and interactions PS3: Energy PS4: Waves and their applications in technologies for information transfer Life Sciences LS1: From molecules to organisms: Structures and processes LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, energy, and dynamics LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and variation of traits LS4: Biological evolution: Unity and diversity Earth and Space Sciences ESS1: Earth’s place in the universe ESS2: Earth’s systems ESS3: Earth and human activity Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science ETS1: Engineering design ETS2: Links among engineering, technology, science, and society



Crosscutting Concepts of Science—NGSS— apply to every part of science.

• Patterns • Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation • Scale, proportion, and quantity • Systems and system models • Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation • Structure and function • Stability and change

Source: A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165



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• What is a structure that helps it move? • How does the shape of that structure help it—why is that structure the

shape it is? Find an animal that looks very different from the first animal.

• What structure helps it move? • How does the shape of that structure help it—why is that structure the

shape it is? Think more:

• What is a vehicle people use to travel? • What structures did engineers use to enable it to move? • How do the shapes of those structures help it to me?



You’re a PARCC/NGSS/Common Core Pioneer What do you need to enable your students to succeed?

The Core Connection

What is at the Core? Concepts!

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Common Core Literacy

NGSS Common Core Math

CLEAR THINKING



KNOW WHAT plus KNOW HOW = COMPETENCE Knowledge can be developed and deepened at all levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy. http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/coursedev/models/id/taxonomy/#table Designer/Developer - Dianna Fisher

The Knowledge

Dimension The Cognitive Process Dimension

Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Factual Knowledge List Summarize Classify Order Rank Combine

Conceptual Knowledge Describe Interpret Experiment Explain Assess Plan

Procedural Knowledge Tabulate Predict Calculate Differentiate Conclude Compose

Meta-Cognitive Knowledge

Appropriate Use Execute Construct Achieve Action Actualize

Caption: As one can see from the Oregon State chart above, the intersection of the six Cognitive Process defined dimensions (Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate, and Create) with the four Knowledge Dimensions (defined as Factual, Conceptual, Procedural, and Meta-Cognitive) forms a matrix that shows the potential for content development/application across the levels of the Taxonomy. Note: Each of the cells contains a hyperlinked verb that launches a pop-up window containing definitions and examples.



LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE COMPLEXITY/ABSTRACTNESS While Knowledge is at the lowest level of the Taxonomy, learning more requires a starting place—knowledge is the beginning. As the following clarification indicates, there are different levels of knowledge. KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE Source: Intel Teach Program Factual Knowledge—Basic information Knowledge of terminology-‐-‐Vocabulary terms, mathematical symbols, musical notation, alphabet Knowledge of specific details and elements-‐-‐Components of the Food Pyramid, names of congressional representatives, major battles of WWII Conceptual Knowledge—The relationships among pieces of a larger structure that make them function together Knowledge of classifications and categories-‐-‐Species of animals, different kinds of arguments, geological eras Knowledge of principles and generalizations-‐-‐Types of conflict in literature, Newton's Laws of Motion, principles of democracy Knowledge of theories, models, and structures Theory of evolution, economic theories, DNA models Procedural Knowledge—How to do something Knowledge of subject-‐ specific skills and algorithms-‐-‐Procedure for solving quadratic equations, mixing colors for oil painting, serving a volleyball Knowledge of subject-‐ specific techniques and methods-‐-‐Literary criticism, analysis of historical documents, mathematical problem-‐solving methods Knowledge of criteria for determining when to use appropriate procedures-‐-‐Methods appropriate for different kinds of experiments, statistical analysis procedures used for different situations, standards for different genres of writing Metacognitive Knowledge—Knowledge of thinking in general and your thinking in particular Strategic knowledge-‐-‐Ways of memorizing facts, reading comprehension strategies, methods of planning a Web site Knowledge about cognitive tasks, including appropriate contextual and conditional knowledge-‐-‐Different reading demands of textbooks and novels; thinking ahead when using an electronic database; differences between writing emails and writing business letters



Where are concepts in Common Core math? Students apply concepts to analyze data and to solve problems. The Common Core STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICAL PRACTICE apply to any problem. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

4. Model with mathematics.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

6. Attend to precision.

7. Look for and make use of structure.

8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.



Which math practice standards would these activities apply? Design a birdhouse. Construct a bridge. Plan a playground. Add more—what else could students plan, construct, design that would strengthen math knowledge and abilities?



My Own Math Guide Dear Teacher, Please guide students to prepare a “step by step” guide they can use to solve math problems. Ask them to include an example to show how to take those steps.

Kind of Problem: _______________________________ Steps to Solve It: Put an example of a good solution on the back of this page. I applied this math practice standard to accomplish this progress: ________________________________________________________________________



It’s Your Money! CCSS Math Practice Standard 1. Make sense of problems and solve them persistently.

Choose a job from the table on the next page. Figure out your weekly wage. Make a budget for one week. If you get to the bottom line and have spent too much money, go back and change some of the numbers. You live at home, so you do not pay rent. Budget Category Cost How Much Money I Have Entertainment

Lunch

Haircuts

Clothes

Transportation

Books

Other Things:

Surprise! You need to save $100 a week to get ready to buy furniture when you move out of your home. If you need to, change your budget. Another surprise! Your family decides you should pay $75 a week to help pay for the costs of living there. Change your budget to add that weekly cost.



Chicago Jobs 2015 CCSSR1 Competence: Locate information in a data table. Math Practice Standard 4—Model with mathematics. The first column lists just a small number of the jobs in the Chicago area. The second column lists the number of jobs in the Chicago area in each field. The third column lists the hourly wage. If you don’t find a job you want on this list, look at the complete list at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_16974.htm#%284%29 Career Area Number of Jobs Hourly Wage Computer Programmers 16,480 $36.41 Software Developers, Applications 21,170 $40.82 Web Developers 2,610 $31.89 Computer User Support Specialists 13,790 $25.25 Computer Network Support Specialists 4,290 $30.58 Architects, 3,140 $35.12 Landscape Architects 230 $25.77 Surveyors 750 $30.08 Aerospace Engineers 230 $45.84 Electrical Engineers 3,220 $43.03 Environmental Engineers 820 $38.70 Architectural and Civil Drafters 2,390 $21.81 Electrical and Electronics Drafters 420 $28.44 Environmental Engineering Technicians 360 $26.21 Surveying and Mapping Technicians 630 $23.90 Food Scientists and Technologists 410 $33.08 Soil and Plant Scientists 460 $32.42 Microbiologists 160 $40.66 Chemists 1,700 $34.97 Materials Scientists 210 $36.66 Survey Researchers 830 $27.26 Urban and Regional Planners 360 $36.87 Geographers 80 $43.97 Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 370 $20.99 Forensic Science Technicians 320 $38.85 Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors 5,930 $31.51 Mental Health Counselors 2,950 $22.85 Child, Family, and School Social Workers 9,430 $26.42 Healthcare Social Workers 2,760 $24.42 Health Educators 1,190 $25.63 Architects 3,140 $35.12 Social and Human Service Assistants 5,750 $14.17 Community Health Workers 1,870 $18.31 Clergy 1,180 $20.04 Lawyers 23,310 $65.83 Judicial Law Clerks 420 $25.82 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators 200 $36.78 Paralegals and Legal Assistants 10,470 $24.10 Dancers 420 $19.31 Choreographers 40 $24.20



What concepts does NWEA READING require readers to know and apply? alliteration analogy anecdote anthology antithesis aphorism archetype assonance author’s purpose characteristics characterization cliché climax colloquialism conclusion conflict connotation consonance context detail dialogue diary drama emotion entertain evaluate event evidence exaggeration example excerpt exposition (fiction) fable falling action fantasy feeling fiction fictional figurative language figure of speech first person flashback folk tale foreshadowing genre historical fiction humor hyperbole iambic pentameter idiom illustration image imagery irony legend literary device literary element literature main character metaphor meter minor detail mood moral myth narrate narrative narrator novel omniscient onomatopoeia order of events oxymoron parable paradox paragraph parallelism passage pathetic fallacy phrase play plot poem poet poetry point of view predict problem and solution pun qualities repetition resolution resolve rhyme rhythm riddle rising action satire scansion scene second person selection sensory detail (senses) sequence setting short story simile sonnet stanza structure summarize summary support suspense symbol symbolism symbolize synecdoche tale tall tale theme third person third person objective third person omniscient title title page tone trait viewpoint voice word play world literature



How do students develop reading concepts? By connecting reading and writing. Common Core Literacy Standards: A Concise Listing The following statements list the focuses of each of the Reading and Writing standards.

Reading Standards Ideas and Information

1. Read carefully to figure out what the text says, then infer with evidence. 2. Figure out the central idea (nonfiction) or theme (literature) 3. Analyze relationships—among characters, plot (fiction), among ideas (nonfiction)

Craft and Structure

4. What are the important words and what do they mean in this context? 5. What choices did the writer make—techniques, components, structure? 6. What is the writer’s purpose?

Integration of Ideas and Information

7. Integrate ideas and information from different kinds of sources 8. Evaluate the strength of evidence for a position (only for nonfiction) 9. Compare and contrast different presentations of the same topic or theme or

different texts by same writer. Writing Standards Text Types and Purposes: 1. Argumentative 2. Explanatory 3. Narrative

Research to Build and Present Knowledge 7. Research to respond to a focus question. 8. Integrate information from different kinds of sources. 9. Support research and analysis with evidence. Production and Distribution of Writing 4. Make it coherent and clear—well organized. 5. Plan it then revise it. 6. Use technology to “publish” it

For the complete standards, go to http://www.corestandards.org.



Reading/Writing Tasks that connect texts read to texts written:

1. Start with the “mentor” text. 2. Analyze the writer’s craft. 3. Then write your own.

Read: What does the sentence say? Write a clear sentence Read: Figure out what different kinds of sentences say. How does a writer use punctuation, adjectives, and verbs? Write different kinds of sentences How do I use punctuation, adjectives, and verbs to communicate clearly? Read: Figure out what a paragraph explains Organize and write a paragraph that explains Read: Figure out how a nonfiction writer structures an explanation of a topic to make the central idea and main ideas clear with examples. Write: Organize and draft an explanation of a topic. Then improve it. Read: Figure out how the fiction writer uses the parts of a story to tell the theme. Write: Organize and draft a narrative. Then improve it. Read: Figure out how the nonfiction writer uses the parts of a science sequence to make the central idea clear and support it with main ideas and examples? Write: Organize and draft a science narrative. Then improve it. Read: Figure out how the nonfiction writer uses the parts of a history to make the central idea clear and support it with main ideas and examples? Write: Organize and draft a science narrative. Then improve it. Read: How does a writer support a position? How well does the writer structure the passage and use evidence to support that position? Write: Organize and draft a persuasive text.



Creative tasks increase thoughtful reading and thinking. What creative tasks will you integrate across the curriculum?

The following standards-based questions ask you to think thoroughly about any story. Choose a story. Choose a question. Answer it with evidence from the story. Then choose and answer other questions. You can read collaboratively, too—each student answers a different question, then share your ideas. What happens? Why? Where does it Who are the happen? people? What kind of place What are their traits? is It? How do the people How does it end? feel about each other? What do you think How do you know? happens next? What problems or How do the people obstacles do feel at the start? the people How can you How do the overcome? figure that out? people feel at the How? end? Why do you think so? CREATE! After you read the story, think more! • Write a preview for the story—tell why someone should read it. • Illustrate the story. Draw pictures showing important events that support the theme. • Write a letter that someone in the story might have written. • Choose or write music that the characters would like. • Create a collage showing how the parts fit together to communicate the theme. • Tell about what might have happened before the story started. • Add a character to the story. • Turn it into a play. > List the events and characters. Note the characters’ traits. > Figure out the message or theme of the story. Then write the dialogue.



Organize Progress: Organize a Comprehensive Coordinated Structure

1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Instruction and Assessment

Math Reading Science

Social Sciences

INTEGRATED RELEVANT

CURRICULUM

Learning Climate

Family and Community Involvement

EXTENDED DAY " Enriched

Curriculum " SEL " Parent

Education



Example of a Coordinated School Community Connections Plan

1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter Instruction and Assessment

Math Reading Science

Social Sciences

" Weekly formative assessments aligned with NWEA and PARCC

" School-‐wide use of graphic organizers to guide and assess

" Students set and monitor learning goals.

" Students analyze issues in science and social studies

" Weekly synthesis writing

" Students complete projects using the Common Core PARCC model—integrating sources.

" Synthesis " Writing to synthesize learning

" Creative writing based on mentor texts

" Next grade prep

INTEGRATED RELEVANT

CURRICULUM

Arts Technology/Media Physical Education Chicago Science Careers

Arts Technology/Media Physical Education Chicago Government Careers

Arts Technology/Media Physical Education Chicago Communication Careers

Arts Technology/Media Physical Education Chicago Technology Careers

Learning Climate

! Learning Partners ! Opportunities to self-‐select books and activities.

! Chess and other games of skill

! Learning Teams ! Reciprocal tutors ! Students “teach” on Friendly Fridays

! Debates ! Black History and Women’s History speeches

> Service Learning > Cinco de Mayo mosaics

Family and Community Involvement

> Open House >Parent resource center > Workshop series begins > Website of the week > Newsletters > Agency network

> Family Art Fair > Health forum/fair > Computer workshops > Parent book club > Workshop series > GED sessions

> Workshop series > Parent Field Trips > Family Fridays

> High School Prep > Volunteer Recognition > Summer Planning

EXTENDED DAY " Enriched

Curriculum " SEL " Parent

Education

Enrichment projects and activities (ongoing) SEL Focus on Collaboration Parent education sessions

Emphasize integrated arts and technology SEL Focus on goal setting and persistence

SEL focus on Problem solving

SEL focus on communicating progress



Example of a Comprehensive Coordinated Literacy Progress Plan Improve literacy achievement with a Common Core set of learning outcomes and differentiated instruction with formative evaluation-based responses to learning progress and needs.

Activity Person(s) Responsible Instructional Leadership: Establish core curriculum quarterly outcomes and differentiated assessments.

Principal and ILT

Instructional Leadership: Principal reads aloud to each class on a weekly or monthly basis.

Principal

Instructional Leadership: Analyze lesson plans and student work samples/assessments; recommend strategies.

Principal, ILT, Grade and Dept . Teams

Professional Capacity: Extended day and school day staff collaborate on curriculum during grade level/department meetings.

Principal

Professional Capacity: Professional development focuses on differentiated instruction and formative evaluation.

ILT

Professional Capacity: Teacher teams and extended day staff integrate social emotional development into learning plans.

Teacher Leaders

Professional Capacity: Provide staff development on integrating writing into reading across the curriculum.

Teacher leaders

Instruction: Emphasize learning content from different sources including reading and writing based on texts, Internet, videos.

Principal, Grade Level Leaders

Instruction: Teachers analyze data and local assessments, identify priorities, meet with parents to discuss.

Teachers, Coordinated by Assistant Principal

Instruction: Align computer resources with identified literacy needs; website of the month for home and school.

ILT/Classroom Teachers

Instruction: Collect weekly assessments of student reading, vocabulary development, and writing. Analyze for rigor.

Grade level teachers and content teachers.

Instruction: Use formative evaluation to modify instructional plans; emphasize response to identified needs.

Grade level teachers.

Instruction: Align after-school enrichment and remediation programs with core literacy curriculum.

Principal and ILT

Learning Climate: Upper grade students read with primary students and parents on "friendly Fridays".

Assistant Principal

Learning Climate: Awards to students for effort and achievement are high-interest books

Assistant Principal

Learning Climate: Students dramatize stories and histories. Teachers, Extended Day Learning Climate: Students construct “learning exhibits”. Learning Climate: Students present speeches, debates. Teachers, Extended Day Family and Community Involvement: Monthly reading “tips” for parents; internet sites of the month;

Teachers

Family and Community Involvement: Quarterly family literacy “nights” with book fair

Assistant Principal

Family and Community Involvement: Parent Book Club meets monthly; parent computer sessions during/after school.

Teacher Leader



Job-Embedded Professional Development is the key to learning progress. What will you emphasize in your professional development? How will you make sure it is job-embedded? How will you make sure it expands teacher capital—the knowledge and abilities of teachers?



Professional Practice Standards: Clear Teaching and Responsive Assessment Aligned with Chicago Framework for Teaching Domain 3: Instruction Essentials Best Practices

Teacher Makes Learning Clear

__teacher posts objectives/today’s “target” __teacher previews lesson __teacher “thinks out loud” about how to—read a story, solve a problem,

read content to learn ideas (“I do”) __teacher asks students to clarify instructions __teacher posts directions and gives them orally __teacher models/demonstrates

Teacher Guides and Assesses Actively

__students work in collaborative pairs/groups __teacher circulates to guide/coach/assess __teacher checks for understanding frequently and responds with clarifications so that students can move ahead __teachers uses a variety of assessments __teacher organizes challenging activities

Students Think Thoroughly ! Collaboratively ! Independently

__teacher uses a variety of kinds of questions __teacher asks “second step” questions—“What is your evidence?” “Why

do you think this is the best answer?” __students ask questions __students model/demonstrate __students illustrate learning __students make or complete graphic organizers to analyze __students use skills/knowledge independently __students note what they learn—learning reports __students “think on paper”, then pair to compare, repair __students work on “tasks” that require integration of abilities and ideas

Vocabulary Is Connected

__current academic vocabulary is posted and used __phrases/sentences posted __students write explanations __students illustrate vocabulary __students speak with and write with current academic vocabulary

Writing Expands Learning

__students write to explain what they learn across the curriculum __students write in a variety of formats __students integrate grammar and punctuation into their writing and use

mentor texts to identify correct examples.

__students construct responses that integrate information and ideas from different sources



What about social emotional development?

Embed concepts that strengthen self-‐esteem and positive traits across the curriculum.



Take Positive Core Concepts Across the School an example

Challenges and Choices

Causes and Effects

Challenges and Persistence

Connections

Literature: What choices do characters make? What effects do they have? Writing: What choices do writers make to help readers understand their ideas? Social Studies: What choices do people make? What causes them to make them? What effects do they have? Science: What choices do scientists make when they experiment? Math: How do you choose the best answer? Arts: Analyze then create art/music/drama that communicates about choices.

Literature: How do characters change in a story? How does the writer help you understand that? Writing: How do writers help readers understand how characters change? Social Studies: What changes have people made? What caused them? What effects have they had? Science: How do scientists study variables? Math: What changes when you _ (add, multiply..) Arts: Analyze then create art/music/drama that communicates about change.

Literature: What challenges characters face? What lessons can we learn from their responses? Writing: How do writers help people understand about challenges? Social Studies: How have people overcome challenges in the past—and/or today? Science: How do scientists meet challenges? Math: What strategies enable you to meet math challenges? Arts: Analyze then create art/music/drama that communicates about challenge.

Literature: How do different writers communicate about the same theme? Writing: Write to communicate about a theme from a “mentor” text. Social Studies: How is history part of today? Science: What careers apply the science you learn? Math: Make math real—explain how the math you learn is part of real problem solving. Arts: Create art/music/drama that represents the same theme as a story or poem.

SEL: What is important to think about when making a choice?

SEL: What changes do I want to make?

SEL: How do I meet challenges?

SEL: What are my school, family, and school connections?



PERSISTENCE is essential to academic progress. How will you develop persistent learners? PARCC challenges students to stay the course. Fable: The Turtle and the Rabbit Adapted from the Traditional All reading includes standard 1. Figure out what it says and then infer about it. When students read a story, they can think more—they can figure out a BIG idea it tells them. That’s standard 2. Fables are great opportunities to figure out the BIG idea.

Rabbits can run fast. Usually they can’t talk. But in this fable, one does. A fable is a story with animals instead of people in it, and the story it tells teaches a lesson. Here is the story.

Rabbit was boasting of his speed before the other animals. “I have never yet been beaten,” said he, "when I run as fast as I can. I challenge any one here to race with me. I am the best.”

Turtle said quietly, "I accept your challenge. I am tired of your bragging. I believe that I can beat you.”

“That is a good joke," said Rabbit. "I could dance around you all the way. You will never be able to speed past me. You will not win. What a foolish turtle."

“Keep your boasting till you've beaten me,” answered Turtle. "Shall we race? I know that I can defeat you.”

So they set up the race. It would follow a curved path along a hill with rocky ground, trees, and bushes.

Rabbit darted speedily at once, but soon stopped and, believing that the Turtle could never catch him, lay down for a nap by some bushes at the top of the hill. Turtle never stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the racecourse.

When Rabbit awoke from his nap, he looked down and saw the turtle just near the finish line at the bottom of the hill. Rabbit ran as fast as he could, but it was too late. He saw Turtle had reached the goal. He was very surprised. Then Rabbit said, ___________________________________.

Read Closely-‐-‐OBSERVE: What do you know about the place? Underline words that tell about it. What do you know about the hare? List words that tell about the hare. INFER: What do you think happened next? SUMMARIZE: Every fable has a moral—a lesson you can learn. What is a lesson this fable teaches? ILLUSTRATE: Draw pictures to show the fable. You can make it a cartoon. CREATE: Write your own fable!



What Characters Say Can Show Feelings. CCSSR3—analyze feelings Quote Feeling It Shows Who__________________________________said what?

Who__________________________________said what?

Who__________________________________ said what?

Think More: Write to answer these questions. How do the characters feel about each other? What do they say that tells you that?



Choices CCSSR3—analyze motives, relationships. List choices that characters make. List at least one reason for each choice. Then tell how the choice affects other characters. Character: _________________________________________ Choice Reason(s) Effects on Others

Character: _________________________________________ Choice Reason(s) Effects on Others

What is the theme of the story? ____________________________________________________________ How do the characters’ choices help communicate that theme? ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________



Example of a way to clarify and expand progress that

integrates SEL with academic learning.

This Week’s Progress These are four kinds of progress I made this week. 1

2

3

4

These are some words that tell about how I learned them. ___working together ___following directions ___being careful ___ thinking clearly __ _________________________________ This is a word that describes me: __________________________________.



Visuals = Representing Thinking



REPRESENT: The visual arts connection! Artists’ Ideas about Art “When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college -‐ that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, ‘You mean they forget?’"

Howard Ikemoto “There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.” Pablo Picasso “If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper “Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.”

Henri Matisse

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Aristotle “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” Leonardo da Vinci “I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.”

Joan Miro "When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it." Jacob Lawrence “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way-‐-‐things I had no words for.” Georgia O'Keeffe "And after all, isn't it possible to make the most marvelous picture with only a pencil on any piece of paper?" Jose Clemente Orozco “Shouldn't the definition of artist include the ability to make a conscious choice about what is produced?” Joyce Owens “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

Pablo Picasso “Painting is silent poetry.” Plutarch Common Core Anchor Reading Standard 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. TASKS: What are the main ideas in this set of quotations? Group them by idea. There are at least three different main ideas. YOUR IDEA: Write your own one-‐sentence idea about art. Then show what you mean in a symbol.



How can you recognize and expand learning and educate others? Transform the Bulletin Board into an Exhibit! Common Core Anchor Writing Standard 2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. BIG QUESTION: ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________

OUR RESPONSES



Learning Exhibits

Goal: To establish a structure to expand, recognize, and share learning. This work is designed to reinforce the work of schools in meeting Common Core Reading Standard 7—integrate ideas and information from different sources and Writing Standard 7, respond to a focus question through research. It aligns with the “backwards” design in that the focus can be framed by the “essential question” or (in social science) the “compelling question”.

Structure: One topic at a time, through graphics and text, a topic will be exhibited with a month-long process. This work can take place in the library and in classrooms. Students and teachers can continue to use this approach in their learning about other topics.

Students locate information and examples from a variety of sources. They can contribute to the exhibit during the month, so that it changes each week as students learn and add information and illustrations.

Exhibits can be put on display in the library, in hallways, and in other areas of the school. They can be posted on the school’s website so they continue as a resource. Examples: • How do values influence choices? • How do people solve problems?



Exhibit Calendar Month Focus September October November December January February March April May



PLANNING RESOURCES For extended day and classroom learning centers.



Expand Progress: Build Common Capacity through Peer to Peer Presentations.

Share Strategies What is the focus of the presentation? _________________________________________________________ What are the most important ideas you want to communicate? ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ What materials will you use? ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ What are the parts of your presentation? How will you start? ______________________________________________________ Explanation/Demonstration/Activity(ies): Conclusion: ___________________________________________________________



Extended Day/Learning Center Planner: Math Activity Inventory

How will our extended day program help students apply the math practice standards? Practice Standard Kinds of Activities Model with mathematics. Real-world math—games with money.

Design a _________ (bridge, birdhouse)

Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Math “partners”. Math problem solving guides.

Attend to precision Measurement tools. Use calculator to check your work. Construct a ____________.



Extended Day/Learning Center Planner Literacy Task Inventory You can use this format to identify the alignment between your activities and the literacy standards—and to plan tasks to expand literacy competence.

Standard Tasks

CCSSR1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

Add dialogue to a story or drama. Make a cause-effect diagram based on reading.

CCSSR2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Illustrate a story’s theme. Make a children’s book—same ideas, different words and illustrations.

CCSSR3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Dramatize a story or history. Illustrate a story or history, showing how the participants change.

CCSSW1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. PLUS:

SEL3A Consider ethical, safety, and societal factors in making decisions.

Create a poster to support good choices. Dramatize a choice-making situation. Make cause-effect diagram showing reasons for and effects of a good choice.



Extended Day/Learning Center Science Task Inventory What activities do we/will we include to strengthen science learning? NGSS Component Tasks Planning and carrying out investigations

Analyzing and interpreting data

designing solutions (for engineering)



How can teachers avoid potholes? Make practical plans that structure thinking progressively as students focus on the destinations.



GROW PLANNER for NONFICTION LEARNERS Topic: ___________________________________________ BIG Idea: _____________________________________________ State the idea you want students to use to analyze the information they find. It should be a transferrable idea—an idea they can use to analyze the current topic and apply to other topics. FOCUS Question: _____________________________________________________ Restate the idea as a question—as a focus for collecting, organizing, and analyzing information related to the BIG idea.

Goal EXPAND Knowledge

Learn: __________________________________________ Core Vocabulary (CCSSR4):

Read EXERCISE Skills

CCSSR1: Read closely, then infer with evidence CCSSR2: Identify important ideas CCSSR7: Integrate ideas and information from different kinds of sources Read/Listen to these Resources: __________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

Organize EXAMINE

Make a __glossary ___ list ___chart ___diagram __timeline __ __________________________________________________

Write EXPLAIN

CCSW 2—Explanatory/Informative Text Write __ sentences __ paragraph __ letter __ poem __booklet __ ____________________________________________ ___Draw pictures/symbols with captions

EXPAND: Synthesize/Create CCSSW7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions. __make an exhibit/display __dramatize __write a brochure ___present a lesson __ __________________________________________________________________



EXAMPLE GROW PLANNER for NONFICTION LEARNERS Topic: Pioneers Cross-Cutting Concept: Challenge BIG Idea: Pioneers overcome challenges. FOCUS Question: What qualities enable pioneers to meet challenges successfully? Goal

Learn more about: the characteristics of pioneers Core Vocabulary: (CCSSR4) challenge collaboration persistence pioneer

Read CCSSR1, 2

CCSSR1: Read closely, then infer with evidence CCSSR2: Identify important ideas Read/Listen to histories of pioneers including primary sources.

Organize CCSSR3

Show what you learn. Make a picture picture glossary list chart diagram

Write, Illustrate

Explain (CCSW 2—Explanatory/Informative Text) Write sentences booklet pictures and captions constructed response

Synthesis: Create a play about pioneers of the past—or today.



GROW PLANNER for NONFICTION LEARNERS Primary Plan by Benae Cartright © 2015 Topic: Chicago Innovations BIG Idea: An innovation can affect many people. State the idea you want students to use to analyze the information they find. It should be a transferrable idea—an idea they can use to analyze the current topic and apply to other topics. FOCUS Question: How did people change the Chicago River? Restate the idea as a question—as a focus for collecting, organizing, and analyzing information related to the BIG idea. Goal EXPAND Knowledge

Learn about the importance of reversing the Chicago River __________________ Core Vocabulary (CCSSR4): Innovation, grit, collaboration, pollution, canal


CCSSR1: Read closely, then infer with evidence CCSSR2: Identify important ideas CCSSR7: Integrate ideas and information from different kinds of sources Read/Listen to these materials: “Reversing the Chicago River: An Engineering Innovation” (Informational) “My Father’s Miracle” (Literature) “The Reversal of the Chicago River” (Youtube)

Organize EXAMINE

Make a $ Diagram/Picture of people’s reaction to the reversal of the Chicago River

Write EXPLAIN

CCSW 2—Explanatory/Informative Text Write

$ Letter to the city of St. Louis explaining why it is important for the Chicago River to be reversed

$ Draw pictures/symbols with captions to show how grit, collaboration, and innovation was a part of the reversal of the Chicago River

EXPAND: Synthesize/Create CCSSW7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions. Make a poster that explains why it was important to reverse the Chicago River (why and how it showed innovation.



GROW PLANNER for NONFICTION LEARNERS Benae Cartright © 2015 Middle School

Topic: ___Chicago Innovations ________________ BIG Idea: ___An innovation is a change in the way a group of people work or live. State the idea you want students to use to analyze the information they find. It should be a transferrable idea—an idea they can use to analyze the current topic and apply to other topics. FOCUS Question: ___How has Chicago continued to be a city of innovation? Restate the idea as a question—as a focus for collecting, organizing, and analyzing information related to the BIG idea.

Goal EXPAND Knowledge

Learn about important Chicago innovators and their contributions to Chicago progress. Core Vocabulary (CCSSR4): Innovation, grit, collaboration, progress


CCSSR1: Read closely, then infer with evidence CCSSR2: Identify important ideas CCSSR7: Integrate ideas and information from different kinds of sources Read/Listen to these materials: Group 1 “DuSable: Creating Chicago Possibilities” (Informational) “Early Chicago: Trading Mystery” (Literature) “Do You Know Chicago’s First President Jean Baptiste Pointe Dusable” (Youtube)

Group 2 “Social Innovation” (Informational) “Progressivism: Angelo’s Saturdays” (Literature) “Jane Addams & Hull House” (Youtube)

Group 3 “Reversing the Chicago River: An Engineering Innovation” (Informational) “My Father’s Miracle” (Literature) “The Reversal of the Chicago River” (Youtube)

Organize EXAMINE

Make a

$ Diagram of how the innovation shows grit and collaboration and why it is an innovation $ Timeline of challenges and events that made the innovation possible

Write EXPLAIN

CCSW 2—Explanatory/Informative Text Write

$ Constructed Response that describes how the innovation continues to impact our lives $ Letter to the innovator describing the effects of his/her innovation up to present times $ Draw pictures/symbols with captions that describes how the innovation came to be and

continues to impact our lives

EXPAND: Synthesize/Create CCSSW7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions.

__make an exhibit/display __write a brochure



Week-‐to-‐Week unit planner-‐-‐can be used with any unit planning format. UbD Stage 3: Learning Plan “What activities, experiences, and lessons will lead to achievement of the desired results and success at the assessments?” Weekly Focus Learning Activities Formative assessments week 1

Focus: Vocabulary: Resources:

List activities based on outcomes you identified.

__make glossary __daily learning report __weekly summary __graphic organizer with analysis __illustrate text __respond to big question with text-‐based evidence __ write ______________ __ ________________

week 2



week 3



Add rows for additional weeks. The focus of the week in which the culminating/comprehensive assessment takes place is that comprehensive task or set of tasks. It should include that assessment and opportunities to improve responses to the assessment so that all students complete the unit with greater competence.



What know how and know what do our students need to bring to the NWEA READING checkpoint?



GENRES MAKE A DIFFERENCE on NWEA List compiled by the Center for Urban Education (teacher.depaul.edu) based on DesCartes statements. This list is provided not as “test prep” but because students should read a variety of genres so they can develop the abilities to learn across the genres—and appreciate the diversity of literature. Recommended: Students should write as well as read in these genres to develop greater reading and writing competence. These lists are set up as a chart so that you can check the genres that your students know how to read and identify genres to expand their reading experience. The NWEA RIT levels are included to indicate levels at which NWEA will require students to respond to questions about texts in the genres.

NWEA INFORMATIONAL TEXT GENRES NWEA LITERATURE GENRES reference material 221-230 narrative 221-230 persuasive 211-220 autobiography 211-220* true story 211-220** biography 211-220* book review 211-220 folk tale 211-220 journals and specialized periodicals 211-220 poems 201-210 persuasive 211-220 folk tale 201-210 personal writing 211-220 fables 201-210 advertisements 211-220 myths 201-210 textbook 211-220 tall tale 201-210 encyclopedia 201-210 historical fiction 201-210 thesaurus 201-210 fantasy 191-200 informational magazines 191-200 story 191-200 atlas 191-200 poems 191-200 encyclopedia 191-200 fable 191-200 weather reports 191-200 memoir 191-200* advertisements 191-200 play 191-200 informational magazines 181-190 play 191-200 dictionaries 181-190 stories as "make-believe" 181-190 informal notes 181-190 story 181-190 letters 181-190 poems 181-190 journal entry 181-190 fairy tale 181-190 lists 181-190 fairy tale 171-180 newspaper 171-180 stories as "make-believe" 171-180 dictionary 171-180 stories that could happen 171-180 lists 171-180 thank you notes 161-170 and 171-180 dictionary 161-170 short informational passage describing events 161-170



What makes genres different? The writer’s choices: content and techniques.

Readers need to know how writers of different genres use techniques to communicate—so they “get” the writer’s message clearly. NWEA and PARCC ask students to analyze the author’s techniques. After students read in a genre, ask them to identify techniques the writer used and to figure out how that technique helps communicate clearly Story Writers Poets Nonfiction Writers Biographers character traits dialogue figurative language flashback foreshadowing hyperbole imagery irony metaphor mood narrator • first person • second person • third person onomatopoeia plot twist repetition satire sensory detail simile story within a story suspense symbolism narration tone

alliteration figurative language hyperbole imagery irony metaphor meter mood onomatopoeia paradox personification repetition rhyme rhythm satire sensory detail simile suspense symbolism tone voice

allusion analogy anecdote argument captions comparison and contrast data debate description dialogue examples figurative language graph headings humor illustrations imagery narrative quotations sarcasm satire sequence of event table timeline titles and subtitles tone voice

challenges character traits commentary conflict dialogue foreshadowing history context hyperbole imagery irony metaphor mood repetition satire sensory detail simile suspense tone

Then ask students to write in that genre using techniques from the list.



Write in a Variety of Formats To Learn More about Genres and Develop Greater Communication Competence The following examples are a sample of the kinds of writing that students should be able to produce by the time they complete elementary school. This list is based on the list PARCC gave to item writers—it includes kinds of texts that students may find on PARCC. Add more sub-‐genres to enrich your curriculum. Analyze, then write: Students should start with an analysis of a mentor text—identifying the ways the writer of a text in the genre helps the reader understand it. Then students should organize and construct their own writing in that genre.

Adventure story Autobiography Biography

Book review Brochure Character Sketch

Description Diary (of a character or actual person)

Encyclopedia entry

Essay Explanation (combined with diagrams or illustrations)

Fable

Fantasy story Fiction Folktale

History Historical Fiction How-‐to-‐do-‐it article

Humorous story Legend Letter

Magazine article Myth Narratives of science experiments

Opinion statement Pamphlet Persuasive essay

Persuasive letter Play (a scene or addition of dialogue/dramatization of a story or history)

Poem

Realistic Fiction Report Review

Report Review Short Story

Science article Science report Science fiction

Sequel Speech Travel guide





UNIT BLUEPRINT – Interpreting Literature and Nonfiction

BIG Ideas (“enduring understandings”) Essential Questions (BIG Questions) CENTRAL IDEA: Writers make choices about the words, techniques, and examples they use to communicate ideas.

GENRE-‐SPECIFIC IDEAS: 1. Poets create poems that communicate a

theme. 2. Writers construct biographies, and histories

that communicate ideas. 3. A nonfiction writer explains important ideas

about a topic. 4. Writers construct stories that communicate a

theme.

COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION: What kinds of choices do writer make?

GENRE-‐BASED QUESTIONS: 1. How do readers interpret a poem? 2. How do readers identify the important

ideas in nonfiction? 3. How do readers learn when they read

nonfiction texts? 4. How do readers figure out the theme of

a story?

Common Core Anchor Reading Standards Ideas and Information

1. Figure out the central idea (nonfiction) or theme (literature) 2. Analyze relationships—among characters, plot (fiction), among ideas (nonfiction)

Craft and Structure 3. What choices did the writer make—techniques, components, structure? 4. What is the writer’s purpose?

Integration of Ideas and Information 5. Compare and contrast different presentations of the same topic or theme or different texts by

same writer. Note: Standard 1 (read carefully) and 10 (complexity of text) are embedded in all activities. Integrated NWEA-‐Aligned Skills: Identify, Analyze, Infer…author’s techniques; story sequence; story structure; metaphor, simile; character traits; theme; main idea; Assessments

Daily/Weekly: > Construct glossary of literary terms. > Complete text analyses, including graphic organizers and short responses, with evidence. > Construct literary (poems and narratives) and nonfiction responses–with evidence/examples from the passages interpreted each week. Comprehensive Task Assessment Tasks: % Constructed Response: (CCSSR9). Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics -‐-‐compare the approaches the authors take. Answer with evidence.

! What is the theme they both communicate? ! How do you figure that out? ! How are the two alike? How is each different? ! What techniques did each writer use?

% Make Genre Guide: Explain with Examples: What kinds of choices do writers make: of poetry; of stories; of biographies; of histories; of articles? Cite text-‐based examples.



Learning Activity Examples Poetry Picture the important words in the poem—words that give the reader an image. Analyze a poem, restate the meanings of important lines. Make metaphor or simile chart: word in column 1; picture in column 2. List examples of techniques the poet used. Explain how they helped communicate the theme. Write a poem that communicates the same theme. Nonfiction Use nonfiction features to identify important ideas and information. Then make a “learner’s guide”—how do you learn when you read nonfiction? Clarify structure of a text: Outline passage, identifying important ideas and supporting information. Identify central idea. Summarize the passage, stating central idea. Analyze Cause-Effect: Make timeline of important events in a nonfiction narrative--biography or history. Explain an important choice, causes and the effects of that choice. Integrate information: Identify relevant information from two different articles to respond to a constructed response prompt. Compare and contrast ideas and content of two different texts on same topic. Fiction--Elements of Fiction—Author’s Choices Sequence--make timeline of events in a story--identifying important actions. Identify causes and effects of an event. Complete "map" a story", characters and setting; problem and solution. Write concise summary. Decide which event(s) are most important and how the writer uses them to communicate the theme. Infer the theme of the story and support analysis with evidence based on the author's choices. (NWEA uses main idea and also theme in different questions.) Compare and contrast two stories with same theme. Plan a story to communicate a theme (or main idea—NWEA term). Fiction-‐-‐Character Development Also can apply to biography analysis. Complete character analysis chart: how author communicates the traits and feelings of characters in the story--actions, dialogue, reactions of characters. Add dialogue to a story—what might the characters have said at different points? Dramatize a story, selecting events important to the character’s development and adding dialogue that communicates how the central character develops. Analyze how the author uses the character’s development to support the theme of the story. Synthesis: Write the next part of the story—tell what the character does next.



SCIENCE/LITERACY BLUEPRINT Topic: ___________________________ Cross-Cutting Concepts: __cause-effect relations __adaptation __interdependence __patterns __structure and function __stability and change __ __________________________ BIG Ideas (also called “enduring understandings”) FOCUS Questions

Read to Learn: Common Core Reading Anchor Standards 1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Write to Learn More: Common Core Writing Anchor Standards 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Literacy Outcomes: Students will increase ability to… __ comprehend: summarize __ read analytically: locate classify compare contrast sequence __ infer with logic/support __ read strategically, focusing on big question(s) __ interpret visuals, relate to text __ cite evidence to support an idea or justify a conclusion __ synthesize from different sources __write and/or illustrate to explain ideas _explanatory _narrative _persuasive texts __ _____________________________ __ _________________________________ Content Outcomes: Students will expand knowledge of concepts they can explain and apply to analyze topics of science. Summative Assessment: ___Make presentation ___Make display __Debate __make booklet ___Write a _________ ___Illustrate a __________ __Create ____ __Outline then write response to BIG question __ ________________________



Social Science Unit BLUEPRINT Topic________________________________ with Integrated Literacy Development Content Standard: Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data, images and other literary and non-literary sources. Concepts: These are some of the core concepts that apply to many social studies topics. __ choices ___challenges ___cause-effect relations ___change __ _interdependence __values __community __ determination __ justice __ rights __responsibilities ___leadership ___ collaboration __ ________________________ BIG Ideas (also called “enduring understandings”) Compelling Questions

Read to Learn: Common Core Reading Anchor Standards 1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Write to Learn More: Common Core Writing Anchor Standards 2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. 7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Literacy Outcomes: Students will increase ability to… __ comprehend: summarize __ read analytically: locate classify compare contrast sequence infer with logic/support __ read strategically, focusing on big question(s) __ interpret visuals, relate to text __ cite evidence to support an idea or justify a conclusion __ synthesize from different sources __write and/or illustrate to communicate ideas _explanatory _narrative _persuasive texts __ _____________________________ __ _________________________________ Content Outcomes: Students will expand knowledge of core concepts they can explain and apply. Summative Assessment: ___Make presentation ___Make display __Debate __make booklet ___Write a _________ ___Illustrate a __________ __Create ____ __Outline then write response to BIG question __ ________________________



CIVICS/LITERACY UNIT BLUEPRINT Middle School Plan by BenaeCartright ©2015 Unit Topic: Progress (Grade 6)

Content Standard: Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data, images and other literary and non-‐literary sources.

Core Concepts: These are some core concepts that apply to many social science topics. challenges change legacy determination collaboration Unit Theme: Engineering Chicago

BIG Ideas BIG/COMPELLING Questions Innovation is an important part of progress for a community/city/ country. There are many kinds of innovations. Progress can affect more than just the community where it originates.

How have individuals accomplished innovations in a community, city, or country? How have innovations affected government, transportation, and communication? How do innovations have effects that expand to other places and across time?

Read to Learn: Common Core Reading Anchor Standards CCSSRI6.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSSRI6.2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSSRI6.7. Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. Write to Learn More: Common Core Writing Anchor Standards CCSSW6.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. CCSSW6.7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate. Literacy Outcomes: Students will increase ability to…

" read analytically: compare/contrast infer with logic/support " read strategically, focusing on big question(s) " cite evidence to support an idea or justify a conclusion " synthesize from different sources (informational, literature, audio-‐visual) " write and/or illustrate to communicate ideas

Content Outcomes: Students will expand knowledge of core concepts they can transfer to analyze a situation. Unit Assessment "make a display/collage about an innovation that originated in Chicago, including why it is important and what legacy it leaves behind "write a newspaper article that examines a recent innovation and its expected outcomes for the community; be sure to include both pros and cons of the innovation



HISTORY/LITERACY BLUEPRINT Middle School Plan by BenaeCartright ©2015

Unit Topic: Progress (Grade 7) Content Standard: Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-‐literary sources. Core Concepts: These are some core concepts that apply to many history topics. challenges change legacy determination collaboration Unit Theme: __Becoming A City of Progress_________________________________

BIG Ideas (also called “enduring understandings”) Compelling Questions Cities face many challenges to become major centers. Determination and collaboration are essential to urban progress.

What kinds of challenges do cities face? How did Chicago become a major city?

Read to Learn: Common Core Reading Anchor Standards CCSSRI.7.1. Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSSRI.7.2. Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSSRI.7.3. Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). CCSSRI7.7. Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words). Standards-‐Aligned Reading Skills Development: Students will increase ability to… ___synthesize ___report learning ___compare and contrast ___identify and cite evidence to support an idea or position ___interpret and create visuals ___analyze/infer causes/effects Write to Learn More: Common Core Writing Anchor Standards CCSSW7.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. CCSSW7.7.Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation Performance Assessment for the Unit: make a display/collage about an important change in Chicago’s history that enabled the city to progress make a brochure to illustrate the history Chicago using pictures, a timeline, and captions



Social Science UNIT BLUEPRINT with Integrated Literacy Development Middle School Plan by BenaeCartright ©2015 Unit Topic: Progress (Grade 8) Content Standard: Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data, images and other literary and non-‐literary sources. Core Concepts: These are some core concepts that apply to many social science topics. challenges change legacy determination collaboration Unit Theme: Being the Change I Seek BIG Ideas BIG/COMPELLING Questions Through grit and collaboration, people become innovators to progress forward. Change is an important part of growing, both as an individual and as a society.

How did we (Chicago) get to “now”? How can we continue to progress as individuals? A community? A society?

Read to Learn: Common Core Reading Anchor Standards CCSSRI8.1.Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSSRI8.2.Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSSRI8.7.Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video, multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea. Write to Learn More: Common Core Writing Anchor Standards CCSSW8.2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. CCSSW8.7.Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-‐generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

Literacy Outcomes: Students will increase ability to… " read analytically: compare/contrast infer with logic/support " read strategically, focusing on big question(s) " cite evidence to support an idea or justify a conclusion " synthesize from different sources (informational, literature, audio-‐visual) " write and/or illustrate to communicate ideas

Content Outcomes: Students will expand knowledge of core concepts they can transfer to analyze a situation.

Summative Assessment: " Create a presentation to describe grit, collaboration, and innovation from the past, present, and

future to show younger learners " Make a display/diagram of an original innovation that would help continue Chicago’s progress



How can teachers put it all together? Organization of the Core Structure for Comprehensive Instruction and Assessment The Center for Urban Education has organized a four-quarter structure that includes week-to-week progress. First Quarter Core Second Quarter Core Third Quarter Core Fourth Quarter Core & Concepts & Skills & Strategies

& Concepts & Skills & Strategies



Based on the quarter’s priorities, focus on concepts, skills and strategies for each week. week 1 week 2 week 3 week 4 week 5 CORE: CORE: CORE: CORE: SYNTHESIS Concepts Concepts Concepts Concepts Skills Skills Skills Skills Strategies Strategies Strategies Strategies Assess to Advance " Each week all students learn the core. " Each day and week teachers assess formatively to respond to learning needs. " Each week students have opportunities to exceed—to learn and do more.

The transfer of knowledge and abilities from teacher to student

• Show me (I do—teacher demonstrates) • Help me (We do—students work in teacher-guided groups) • Watch me (Students work collaboratively, then individually, applying the

knowledge, skill, or strategy) • Let me …! (Students apply the new knowledge, skill, or strategy independently

to a new context) Every mid-quarter and end-of-quarter week there is a comprehensive synthesis of what students have learned to reinforce and expand competence and provide formative assessment information so teachers can respond to students’ learning progress each week and at mid-point and end-of-quarter. The following fifth grade plan is an example of this comprehensive structure. Plans for first quarter for all grades are posted at teacher.depaul.edu.



5th Grade FIRST QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Fifth Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized Reading standard 1 is developed in conjunction with all other reading standards—

1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS

2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

2. Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.

3. Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).

3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.

CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as

they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-‐specific and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.

6. Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.

6. Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS 7. Analyze how visual and multimedia elements

contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

9. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre

(e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.

9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.

All the reading competence development is designed to reach standard 10: By the end of the year, comprehend literature and informational text at the high end of grade 4-‐5 text complexity independently and proficiently. SOURCE of Common Core Standards cited in this guide: http://www.corestandards.org The standards have been issued with a public license that allows them to be republished for any purpose that supports the standards initiative. © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.



Connect Reading and WRITING

Research to Build Knowledge—Nonfiction and Literature

' 7. Perform short, focused research tasks that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic using several sources.

' 8. Gather relevant information from experience as well as print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide basic bibliographic information.

' 9. Write in response to literary or informational sources, drawing evidence from the text to support analysis and reflection as well as to describe what they have learned: __a. Apply grade 5 reading standards to informational texts (e.g., “Explain how an author uses evidence to

support his or her claims in a text, identifying what evidence supports which claim(s)”). __b. Apply grade 5 reading standards to literature (e.g., “Compare and contrast two or more characters,

events, or settings in a text, drawing on specific details”).

Common Core Writing Narratives—CCSSW3—for fifth grade requires the following: Write narratives in which they: __a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation, introduce a narrator and/or characters, and organize

an event sequence that unfolds naturally. __b. Use narrative techniques such as dialogue and description to develop events and show the

characters’ external behaviors and internal responses to events. __c. Use a variety of temporal words and phrases to manage the sequence of events. __d. Use concrete and sensory words and phrases to convey events and experiences precisely. __e. Provide a satisfying conclusion that follows from the narrative’s events. Students can use that list to analyze a mentor text—analyze how the writer meets those criteria.

Source: Sample Assessments at PARCCOnline.org CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE ABOUT ONE READING You have read a passage from “The Growin’ of Paul Bunyan.” Think about how the story would be different if it were told from Johnny’s point of view. Write a narrative story retelling the story from the point of view of Johnny. Be sure to use supporting details from the passage. CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE ABOUT TWO READINGS The stories titled Ida B and Moon Over Manifest both include events that did not happen. Write and essay describing how each narrator’s point of view influenced how these events are described. Be sure to use details from both stories.



The Speaking and Listening Standards are Keys to Learning ACROSS the Curriculum

Comprehension and Collaboration

' SL.5.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. __SL.5.1a Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on

that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.

__SL.5.1b Follow agreed-‐upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. __SL.5.1c Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the

discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others. __SL.5.1d Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and

knowledge gained from the discussions. ' SL.5.2 Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and

formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

' SL.5.3 Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

' SL.5.4 Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.

' SL.5.5 Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

' SL.5.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation.

Students exercise Speaking and Listening competencies as they proceed through the gradual release of responsibility.



Start a Glossary of Literature Interpretation Vocabulary CCSSR4—expand academic vocabulary. The vocabulary of reading that students use each week should include transferrable terms that students apply to explain their interpretations of passages and poems. The two-‐week segments in this scope and sequence list literacy terms in the first column, terms that teachers use to guide students to analyze texts and students should use in discussions and writing responses to texts. The following words were identified in NWEA requirements. Although NWEA has identified some of these terms at lower “RIT” bands than grade 5, they are all relevant to interpreting literature—once learned, they need to stay in use to continue to be applied in students’ analysis of literature. You can access this document on teacher.depaul.edu in Word set up as a chart into which students can input examples—and so you can adjust it. " Mid-‐quarter, end-‐of-‐quarter, or weekly, students can organize the terms into categories such as text

structure, imagery…. " To develop full comprehension of these terms, students can locate or make up examples that show

their meaning. " Add more academic terms to help your students read thoughtfully. alliteration analogy anecdote anthology

aphorism archetype assonance author’s purpose

characteristics characterization cliché climax

colloquialism conclusion conflict connotation

consonance context detail dialogue

diary drama emotion evaluate

event evidence exaggeration example

excerpt exposition (fiction) fable fairy tale

falling action fantasy feeling fiction

fictional figurative language figure of speech first person

flashback folk tale foreshadowing genre

historical fiction humor hyperbole iambic pentameter

idiom illustration image imagery

irony legend literary device literary element



literature main character metaphor meter

minor detail mood moral myth

narrate narrative narrator novel

omniscient onomatopoeia order of events oxymoron

parable paradox paragraph parallelism

passage phrase play plot

poem poet poetry point of view

predict problem and solution

pun qualities

repetition resolution resolve respond, response

rhyme rhythm riddle rising action

satire scene second person selection

senses sequence setting short story

simile sonnet stanza structure

summarize, summary

support suspense symbol

symbolism symbolize synecdoche tale

tall tale theme third person third person objective

third person omniscient

title title page tone

trait viewpoint voice word play

world literature



MATH MIX: New and Continuing PRIORITIES Research confirms that if the math curriculum includes “frequent cumulative review” that enables students to retain greater math competence. Among sources supporting this “mix” is the report “Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics” of the What Works Clearinghouse, IES Practice Guide, US Department of Education. This chart is included to organize planning for new math content and inclusion of math learned earlier in the school year in activities such as: learning centers; “bell ringers”; homework, art, science, social science-‐-‐Integrating math into science and social science makes math more meaningful. Math Practice Standards should be emphasized —particularly standard 1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Week of New Math Math “Mix”—Content to Revisit

Homework Essential: Students need to take home an example of how to solve problems—that teachers prepare or that they prepare so they can practice correctly. Daily kinds of assessment: __glossary __journal __my own example __change the problem, solve it __ _______________ __ _________________________________ Weekly kinds of assessment: __solve problem, explain patterns and strategies __write math booklet __make my own “anchor chart” __make “math path”—steps to solution __ __________________________ __ ________________



Fifth Grade: First Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 1-‐2 Literature and nonfiction literacy vocabulary listed for each two-‐week sequence should be incorporated in demonstrations and guided reading and student responses. Writing is integrated into responses and tasks based on literature and nonfiction.

Week of September 7 Week of September 14 Literature Genre

_ folk tale __tall tale _fable _ fantasy _poem _myth __mystery _realistic fiction __play


Reading Literature Analyze character development (CCSSRL5.3) Infer word meaning from context. (5.4-‐-‐Ongoing) LITERATURE TERMS: CHARACTER TRAITS; EVIDENCE; DIALOGUE; MOTIVE; SUMMARY

Assess student abilities and interests, Take reading interest survey. RELATE CHARACTER TRAITS AND ACTIONS relates to organizing a collaborative classroom identify, classify and infer character traits Make chart: Character Trait_ Evidence_ Draw characters, showing traits.

RELATE TRAITS /ACTIONS/MOTIVES Infer character, motives, relate to plot and author’s choices—how the writer creates a character—dialogue, actions. Make Chart, provide evidence for your inference of motive Who Does What Why Evidence Write a summary of your chart. Start literary terms glossary (ongoing)

Nonfiction Sources topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia

topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas & _video __textbook __encyclopedia

Science CCSSRI.5.2 Ideas of Science

Science Inventory: & What do you like about science? & What is a science topic you’ve learned

that you like a lot? How did you learn about it? What is an idea you learned?

& Infer: what are the traits of a scientist?

& How do scientists solve figure out ideas? (May be based on a reading, experiment, other source)

& What is an important science discovery and why is it important to know?

& How do the parts of a science text help you learn?

Social Science CCSSRI.5.3 Analyze relationships

Recall and/or read about a person who helped others make progress. & What traits did that person demonstrate? & What evidence in the passage supports

your inference?

Read a passage about an important person or event. & What challenges did people face? & What traits did they have that enabled

them to overcome them? " How do the parts of a social science

text help you learn? Writing Organization—CCSSW5.4

Assess interests and skills: & What do you like to write? & How do you write a good sentence?

Give an example. & How do you organize a good paragraph? & Write a good paragraph about a person you

admire—it could be you.

& What structure and techniques do you find in this week’s story?

& What did the writer do to keep you interested?

Word Patterns and Grammar

Assess grammar competence: & Knowledge of parts of speech & Knowledge of rules of grammar & Knowledge of punctuation.

Identify parts of speech in a passage & List 5 nouns, 5 verbs, 5 adjectives, 2

adverbs. (Students can use them to write sentences of their own.)




Week of September 21 Week of September 28 Literature Genre

_ folk tale __tall tale _fable _ fantasy _poem _myth __mystery

_realistic fiction __play


Reading Literature 5.2—determine theme 5.5-‐analyze writer’s choices LITERATURE TERMS: PROBLEM; SOLUTION; MESSAGE;CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT; NARRATOR

Analyze the plot: & What choices do characters make, what

problems do they face, how do they resolve them? How does the narrator help explain what happens?

& Why do you think the writer set up this problem and solution—what message did the author want you to understand?

Integrate writing/speaking/art: Add dialogue to a story. Present it with expression.

Analyze the plot and character development: & What choices do characters make, what

problems do they face, how do they resolve them? How does the narrator help explain what happens?

& Why do you think the writer set up this problem and solution—what is the writer’s message?

& How does the writer help you understand the characters and situation?

Integrate writing/speaking/art: Add dialogue to a story. Present it with expression.

Nonfiction Sources

topic book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia

topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia

Science or Social Science CCSSRI.5.2 Identify and support ideas LITERACY TERMS: TEXT FEATURES; COMPLEXITY OF TEXT; CENTRAL IDEA ; TEXT STRUCTURE

& Identify reasons to adjust rate of reading to complexity of text.

& Identify important words (often boldfaced) and start glossary.

& Describe how a text groups information into general categories

& Use text structure to identify main ideas. & Then determine central idea. & Identify how the writer uses text

features and illustrations to communicate the ideas.

Integrate Writing & Explain a challenge and response—science or

social science. & Then polish your writing—punctuation,

spelling.

& Explain how to preview a nonfiction text. & Continue glossary (ongoing) & Describe how a text groups information into

general categories & Use text structure to identify main ideas. & Then determine central idea. & Explain how the writer uses text features

and illustrations to communicate the ideas.

Integrate Writing & Explain a challenge and response—science or

social science. & Then polish your writing (grammar,

punctuation, subject-‐verb agreement)

Writing Expository ccssw5.2

& Write journal (ongoing) —can apply to any subject—and SEL


Word Patterns and Grammar Analyze and use singular/plural nouns

& Classify singular and plural nouns and pronouns from a passage

singular plural & Make a list of rules (with examples) for

making plurals—e.g., when a noun ends in -‐y you add -‐ies.

& Classify singular and plural verbs from a passage

singular plural & Correct subject-‐verb agreement errors in an

example. Then make your own subject-‐verb agreement guide with your own examples.



Fifth Grade: First Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 5-‐6

Week of October 5 Week of October 12 Literature Genre

_ folk tale __tall tale _fable _ fantasy _poem

_myth __mystery _realistic fiction __play


Reading Literature CCSSRL.5.3 Compare characters LITERATURE TERMS: EMOTIONS; RESPONSE; REACT; CHALLENGE; NARRATIVE; SEQUEL; PERSPECTIVE

& Compare and contrast two characters within a story.

& How does the writer help the reader identify the characters’ traits and feelings/emotions?

& How do the characters react to the same event?

& How do they feel about the challenge they face?

& How do they react when the problem is solved?

Integrate writing/speaking/art: Add dialogue to a story. Present it with expression. Outline narrative based on a story—outline what could happen in the sequel-‐-‐the next part. Draw the two characters you contrasted. Show their traits.

& Compare and contrast two characters within a story.

& Analyze the techniques the writer uses to communicate the characters’ identities.

Integrate writing/speaking/art: & Write about the story from the

perspective of one of the characters and from the perspective of the narrator.

& Compare and contrast their perspectives.

& Read statements by each one with expression consistent with their attitudes.

Nonfiction Sources Topic book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia

Topic book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia

Science or Social Science CCSSRI.5.2 Analyze information to identify ideas LITERACY TERMS: CENTRAL IDEA; TEXT FEATURES; SUPPORTING IDEAS; ROOT WORD

& Teacher asks FOCUS QUESTION & Use text features to Locate relevant

information & Classify information & Use pictures, illustrations, details in a

text to identify central idea and supporting ideas

INTEGRATE WRITING: Write a summary of a section of the text. & START LATIN AND GREEK ROOT-‐

WORD COLLECTION—ONGOING.

& TEACHER ASKS FOCUS QUESTION & Use text features to Locate

relevant information & Classify information & Use pictures, illustrations, details

in a text to identify central idea and supporting ideas

INTEGRATE WRITING: Write a summary of a section of the text. & CONTINUE LATIN AND GREEK

ROOT-‐WORD COLLECTION—ONGOING.

Writing ‘Expository CCSSW5.2




& Make subject-‐verb agreement guide with examples.

& Make verb tense guide—with examples.




Week of October 19 Week of October 26 Literature Genre

_ folk tale __tall tale _fable _ fantasy _poem _myth __mystery _realistic

fiction __play


Reading Literature CCSSR5—analyze how the parts fit together—structure of the story CCSSR2—determine the theme LITERATURE TERMS: Theme; scene; dialogue; techniques; plot

& Analyze how the author communicates the theme through the parts of the story—how the scenes/events in the story contribute to developing that theme.

Integrate writing/speaking/art: Plan a narrative on the same theme as the story. Identify the characters, plot, role of the narrator. Include list of characters with drawings showing their traits.

& Analyze how the author communicates the theme through the parts of the story—how the scenes/events in the story contribute to developing theme.

& What techniques does the writer use to help readers understand the importance of events, how characters change—the narrator, dialogue, other techniques.

Integrate writing/speaking/art: write the narrative outlined in previous week

Nonfiction Sources topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas

_video __textbook __encyclopedia

topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas

_video __textbook __encyclopedia Science or Social Science CCSSRI.5.2 Support an idea with evidence. CCSSRI5.9 Integrate information from different sources LITERACY TERMS: FOCUS QUESTION; RELEVANT INFORMATION; OUTLINE; CITE; SOURCE

Teacher Asks FOCUS QUESTION Students collect relevant information from different sources –may include video, experiment, museum, … INTEGRATE WRITING:

& Outline then write your answer to FOCUS question with cited information from different sources

Teacher Asks FOCUS QUESTION Students collect relevant information from different sources –may include video, experiment, museum, … INTEGRATE WRITING:

& Outline then write your answer to FOCUS question with cited information from different sources

Writing Explanatory

& Write the rules for organizing an expository/explanatory text based on a mentor text.

& Follow the rules for organizing an expository text—in your response to a focus question (apply in science and social science)


& Make root word guide—how prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of words.

& Continue root word guide.




Week of November 2 Week of November 9 Comprehensive Assessment

Literature Genre

_ folk tale __tall tale _fable _ fantasy _poem _myth __mystery _realistic fiction

__play


Reading Literature CCSSR5.6—mood and tone LITERATURE TERMS: MOOD, TONE; PERSPECTIVE

& Analyze the way the narrator of a story represents the author’s perspective—creating tone.

& Analyze how the narrator and other parts of the story contributes to the mood of the story.

Integrate writing/speaking/art: Identify the strengths of a story: & Analyze a story writer’s use of

techniques—identify the strategies used to maintain interest, create a mood, develop characters.

& Analyze illustrations—and add one.

Comprehensive Assessment & Make list of ways the author of a story

develops and uses elements of the story to communicate a theme, lesson or moral. Cite examples from fiction read this quarter

Nonfiction Sources topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia

topic/trade book _ biography _ history __magazine __atlas _video __textbook __encyclopedia

Science or Social Science CCSSRI5.5 Analyze structure CCSSR5.8—evaluate evidence LITERACY TERMS: SOURCES; perspective; evaluate; strength and relevance of evidence; structure

& Compare and contrast the

structure of two different sources on the same topic.

& Evaluate the strength of evidence provided by the writers—relevance, sufficiency to explain their ideas.

Integrate Writing & Then use information from both to

support your own perspective on the topic.

Comprehensive Assessment & Explain the purpose of the different

parts of the non-‐fiction text: how and why do the illustrations help you understand the topic?

& Why did the writer organize the sections the way they are?

& What else helps the writer accomplish the purpose to inform?

& Use examples from a passage to explain how to read nonfiction.

& How does the reader figure out what is important to learn from the text?

Writing Writing clearly—CCSSW5.4


Comprehensive Assessment: & Write a “writer’s guide” –based on

what you have learned this quarter. Word Patterns and Grammar

& Analyze compound words.

& Make your own grammar guide—including the grammar rules and examples developed during the quarter.