Shaping Dreams: A Single Shard
ELA
Alternate Unit 1
5th Grade
Lesson 23 of 23
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.
Lesson Map
5 days
Conduct a short research project that uses several sources to build knowledge of different aspects of a topic.
Generate strong questions and use reliable sources to research a topic.
- Research Brainstorming Template (G5, AltU1, L11)
Standards
W.5.7
Summarize or paraphrase information in research notes.
- Research Brainstorming Template (G5, AltU1, L11) — started on Day 1
Standards
W.5.7W.5.8
Complete an outline that includes the topic sentence, concluding sentence, and supporting details for each paragraph.
- Research Brainstorming Template (G5, AltU1, L11) — completed on Day 2
- Two Paragraph Outline
- Three Paragraph Outline
Standards
W.5.2.bW.5.7W.5.8
Introduce a topic by stating why it is important and including relevant background information that sets the stage for the main ideas.
- Research Brainstorming Template (G5, AltU1, L11) — completed on Day 3
- Two Paragraph Outline — completed on Day 3
- Three Paragraph Outline — completed on Day 3
Standards
W.5.2W.5.2.aW.5.2.bW.5.7W.5.8
Add details to unclear sentences to provide more information to readers.
Standards
L.5.3.aW.5.2.bW.5.7W.5.8
2 days
Write a paragraph to explain how others can help us grow.
Outline a paragraph that explains how others can help us grow.
- Evidence Brainstorming Page (G5, AltU1)
- Single Paragraph Outline
Standards
RL.5.2RL.5.3W.5.1.aW.5.1.d
Use an outline to draft a complete paragraph.
Standards
RL.5.2RL.5.3W.5.1.aW.5.1.d
4 days
Write a chapter for YOUR OWN book about the creation of the "Thousand Cranes Vase" by using a narrative structure to develop imagined experiences appropriate to the setting and subject matter of the text.
Brainstorm and plan the setting, characters, and plot for a narrative.
- Narrative Brainstorming Graphic Organizer
Standards
W.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.5
Draft an introduction that orients the reader to the setting.
Standards
W.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.5
Include details about actions, thoughts, and feelings to describe characters.
Standards
Expand or reduce sentences so that they are clear and informative for readers.
Standards
L.5.3.aW.5.3W.5.3.aW.5.3.cW.5.5
