Believing in Yourself: The Wild Book

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ELA

Unit 4

4th Grade

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These assessments accompany this unit to help gauge student understanding of key unit content and skills.

Content Assessment

The Content Assessment pushes students to synthesize unit content knowledge or unit essential questions in writing. The Content Assessment should be used as the primary assessment because it shows mastery of unit content knowledge and standards. This assessment should take approximately one class period.

Cold Read Assessment

The Cold Read Assessment tests students' ability to comprehend a "cold" or unfamiliar passage and answer standards-based questions. The Cold Read Assessment can be given in addition to the Content Assessment as a pulse point for what students can read and analyze independently, a skill often required for standardized testing. This assessment should take approximately one class period.

Fluency Assessment

The Fluency Assessment allows teachers to monitor students' oral reading fluency progress with a reading passage drawn from one of the unit's core texts. The Fluency Assessment should be given at the end of a unit. Teachers should plan to pull students one-on-one to do this while the rest of the class is independently reading or writing. Find additional guidance for using this assessment and supporting reading fluency in Teacher Tools.

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Lesson Map

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Lesson
Writing
Overview

Write a persuasive letter explaining whether or not early screening for dyslexia is important.

Materials
  • The Wild Book
  • “Capitol Journal: Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a 'very personal' quest to fund early screening”
  • “After setbacks, dyslexia screening for young students moves forward in California schools”
  • Opinion Writing Rubric (G4)
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric 2 (G4, U4)
  • Editing Checklist 1 (G4, U4)
  • Opinion Writing Note Taker (G4, U4, L14)
  • Opinion Writing Note Taker Sample Response (G4, U4, L14)
  • Two Paragraph Outline
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 1 (G4, U4, L14)
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 2 (G4, U4, L14)
Day 1 - Brainstorming

Research a topic to establish an opinion.

Materials
  • The Wild Book
  • “Capitol Journal: Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a 'very personal' quest to fund early screening”
  • “After setbacks, dyslexia screening for young students moves forward in California schools”
  • Opinion Writing Note Taker (G4, U4, L14)
  • Opinion Writing Note Taker Sample Response (G4, U4, L14)

Standards

RI.4.9SL.4.1.aW.4.5W.4.8

Day 2 - Planning

Craft an opinion statement based on facts and details and sequence reasons strategically.

Materials
  • The Wild Book
  • “Capitol Journal: Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a 'very personal' quest to fund early screening”
  • “After setbacks, dyslexia screening for young students moves forward in California schools”
  • Two Paragraph Outline
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 1 (G4, U4, L14)
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 2 (G4, U4, L14)
  • Opinion Writing Note Taker (G4, U4, L14) — Completed on Day 1

Standards

RI.4.1RI.4.9SL.4.1.aW.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.5

Day 3 - Drafting

Elaborate on reasons by using explanation, context, or examples.

Materials
  • The Wild Book
  • “Capitol Journal: Newsom's struggles with dyslexia prompt a 'very personal' quest to fund early screening”
  • “After setbacks, dyslexia screening for young students moves forward in California schools”
  • Two Paragraph Outline
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 1 (G4, U4, L14)
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 2 (G4, U4, L14)

Standards

RI.4.1W.4.1W.4.5W.4.8

Day 4 - Drafting

Include introduction and conclusion sections that appropriately engage the reader and reveal the topic and main ideas.

Materials
  • Opinion Letter Draft — Started or completed on Day 3
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric 2 (G4, U4)
  • Two Paragraph Outline — Completed on Day 2
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 1 (G4, U4, L14)
  • Two Paragraph Outline Sample Response 2 (G4, U4, L14)

Standards

SL.4.1.aSL.4.1.dW.4.1W.4.1.aW.4.1.dW.4.5

Day 5 - Revision & Editing

Change descriptive words to be more precise.

Materials
  • Opinion Letter Draft — Completed from Day 4
  • Dictionary — Physical or online
  • Thesaurus — Physical or online
  • Single Point Opinion Writing Rubric 2 (G4, U4)
  • Editing Checklist 1 (G4, U4)

Standards

L.4.1.aW.4.5

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