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Let Freedom Ring
Unit Overview
LET FREEDOM RING
| 5th grade |
| 7 lessons |
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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
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Unit
Plan: Lessons
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Decoding Strategies |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Vocabulary Development |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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During Reading Strategies |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Applying Decoding, Vocabulary, and
During Reading Strategies |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Notetaking to Organize and Record Relevant Information from
Written |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Writing a Summary |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
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Analyzing Messages in Various Media |
Word |
HTML (with links to
documents) |
Essential
Questions:
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Is freedom worth the
price? |
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What is the meaning freedom? |
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What words do you think of when you hear
the word “freedom”? |
| How important is
freedom to you and your family? |
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How do we use our freedom daily? |
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How can note taking be applied to everyday
life? |
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Why is it important to have freedom of
choice? |
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What hardships do soldiers and their
families face during a time of war? |
Summative Assessment and
Scoring Guides:
GRADE-LEVEL
EXPECTATION CONTINUUM
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PREVIOUS
LEARNING |
TARGETED LEARNING |
FUTURE
LEARNING |
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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 |
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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)
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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) |
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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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