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Lions and Tigers and Bears .... Oh My!

Unit Overview

LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS ... OH MY!

5th grade
5 lessons
Students read fables and nonfiction passages about animals, focusing on text features, making connections, and text elements.
Students apply the writing process and utilize listening and speaking skills.
This unit consists of five lessons. This unit integrates the study of science by asking student to classify the animals they read about.
Handouts including graphic organizers
Formative and Summative Assessment
Glossary

Unit Plan: Lessons

Co-op Jigsaw Expert Report of Fables Word HTML (with links to documents)
Researching Animals Portrayed in Fables Word HTML (with links to documents)
Using a Matrix to Compare, Contrast and Analyze Connections Word HTML (with links to documents)
Writing and Presenting a Fable Using Research Word HTML (with links to documents)
Identifying Text Features of a Self-Written Fable Word HTML (with links to documents)

Essential Questions:

Do animals in fables have realistic qualities?

How does making a personal connection with a piece of literature aid comprehension?

How does understanding a piece of literature aid us in succeeding in everyday life?

How does a text’s structure aid in finding meaning?

Why is it important to communicate clearly?

Summative Assessment and Scoring Guides:

Summative Assessment  Summative Assessment Scoring Guide

 

PREVIOUS LEARNING

TARGETED LEARNING

FUTURE LEARNING

Identify and explain connections between text ideas, information and relationships in various fiction and nonfiction works, text ideas and own experiences, text ideas and the world by demonstrating an awareness that literature reflects a culture and historic timeframe.

 

 R1I   Compare, contrast and analyze connections between, information and relationships in various fiction and nonfiction works, text ideas and own experience, text ideas and the world by responding to literature that reflects a culture and historic timeframe.

 

 Compare, contrast and analyze connections between information and relationships in various fiction and nonfiction works, text ideas and own experiences, text ideas and the world by identifying how literature reflects a culture and historic timeframe.

Locate, interpret and apply information in title, table of contents and glossary, and recognize the text features of fiction, poetry and drama in grade-level text.

 R2A     Locate, interpret and apply information in title, table of contents and glossary, and recognize the text features of fiction, poetry and drama in grade-level text.

Locate, interpret, and apply information in title, table of contents, and glossary. Recognize the text features of fiction, poetry and drama in grade-level text.

 

 Use details from text to make inferences about setting, character traits, problem and solution and story events, make predictions, draw conclusions, identify cause and effect, compare and contrast various elements identify author’s purpose.

 

 R2C      Use details fro the text to make inferences about setting, character traits, problem and solution and story events, make predictions, draw conclusions, identify cause and effect, compare and contrast various elements, explain author’s purpose.

Use details from text to analyze the influence of setting on characters, plot, and resolution (conflict and climax), explain cause and effect, identify point of view and mood, identify the problem-solving processes of characters and the effectiveness of solutions.

 

Use details from text to retell main ideas, organize a sequence of events, identify cause and effect, draw conclusions, compare and contrast text, make predictions, make inferences, distinguish between fact and opinion, identify and explain author’s purpose, and make inferences about problems and solutions.

R3C       Use details from text to restate main idea and supporting details, sequence of events, identify and explain cause and effect, compare and contrast, make predictions, make inferences, evaluate the accuracy of the information, identify and interpret author’s ideas and purpose, and make inferences about problems and solutions. 

Use details from text to paraphrase author’s stated ideas, make predictions, make inferences, evaluate the accuracy of the information, identify and interpret author’s purpose, slant and bias, respond to two or more sources, sequence of events, compare and contrast details, identify and explain cause and effect, identify problem solving processes and explain the effectiveness of solutions.

Follow a writing process to independently use a simple graphic organizer in prewriting, generate a draft, routinely revise, edit and proofread, and independently publish writing.

W1A     Follow a writing process to organize information in a graphic organizer, and apply writing process to write effectively in various forms and types of writing.

Follow the writing process to choose and use an appropriate graphic organizer, apply the writing process to write effectively in various forms and types of writing.

In discussions and presentations, present ideas in a logical sequence, identify and apply appropriate speaking techniques such as volume control, pace and eye contact.

LS2       In discussions and presentations, give organized presentations that demonstrate a clear viewpoint, select and use appropriate public speaking techniques such as rate, pace, and enunciation.

In discussions and presentations, speak clearly and stay on topic, use appropriate volume, tone of voice, rate of speech, fluency/inflections and eye contact.

 

 

 


Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Division of School Improvement - Curriculum Services
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Phone: 573-751-2625

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