Let Freedom Ring
Unit Overview
LET FREEDOM RING
| 5th grade |
| 7 lessons |
Students apply decoding and vocabulary reading strategies as well as during reading strategies using fiction or nonfiction passages. Students are introduced to a note-taking system that organizes information from written text. Using a specified note-taking format, students write a summary of the main ideas. Students analyze messages conveyed in various media including videos, artwork, and web sites. |
| Instruction in vocabulary, decoding, and during reading strategies |
| This unit consists of seven lessons. Students apply decoding strategies to “problem-solve” unknown words, develop vocabulary through text, and utilize strategies to self-question and correct, infer, visualize, predict, and check by using cueing systems (meaning, structure, visual). Students integrate and apply the skills learned and use a note-taking system to organize information, use a specified note-taking format to record relevant information, and write a summary of or retell the main ideas of written text. Students analyze messages conveyed in various media. |
| Handouts including graphic organizers |
| Formative and Summative Assessment |
| Glossary |
Unit Plan: Lessons
Decoding Strategies |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
Vocabulary Development |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
During Reading Strategies |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
Applying Decoding, Vocabulary, and During Reading Strategies |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
| Notetaking to Organize and Record Relevant Information from Written |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
| Writing a Summary |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
Analyzing Messages in Various Media |
Word |
HTML (with links to documents) |
Essential Questions:
| Is freedom worth the price? |
What is the meaning freedom? |
What words do you think of when you hear the word “freedom”? |
| How important is freedom to you and your family? |
How do we use our freedom daily? |
How can note taking be applied to everyday life? |
Why is it important to have freedom of choice? |
What hardships do soldiers and their families face during a time of war? |
Summative Assessment and Scoring Guides:
GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATION CONTINUUM
PREVIOUS LEARNING |
TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE LEARNING |
Develop vocabulary through text using root words and affixes, synonyms and antonyms, context clues, and a glossary and dictionary
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R1E5 Develop vocabulary through text, using roots, affixes, context clues, glossary, and dictionary (1.5; 1.6) |
Develop vocabulary through text, using roots, affixes, context clues, glossary, and dictionary |
Utilize during reading strategies to self-question and correct, infer, visualize, and predict and check using cueing systems (meaning, structure, and visual)
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R1G Utilize during reading strategies to self-question and correct, infer, visualize, and predict and check using cueing systems (meaning, structure, and visual) (1.5; 1.6)
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Utilize during reading strategies to self-question and correct, infer, visualize, and predict and check using cueing systems (meaning, structure, and visual) |
Identify concepts and ideas in written text to complete an organizer |
W3B Use a note-taking system to organize information from written text (1.8) |
Use a note-taking system to organize information from oral presentations and written text
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W3D Write a summary/retell the main ideas of written text (3.5) |
Write summaries of text from magazines, newspapers and/or informational articles
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Identify relevant information and record main ideas and important details in own words |
IL1C Use a specified note-taking format to record relevant information (1.8) |
Record relevant information using a variety of note-taking and organizational strategies
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Identify and explain intended messages conveyed through oral and visual media |
IL2A Analyze messages conveyed in various media (e.g. videos, pictures, web sites, artwork, plays and/or news programs) (3.5) |
Identify and explain viewpoints conveyed in various media (e.g., videos, pictures, web-sites, artwork, plays and/or news programs) |
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