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Bowling Green
Grade 5
A Reading/Writing Curriculum Map using
AUSSIE
2011
Developed by
Anthony Cariati
&
Rich Santer
Marilyn Scala
Consultant
Table of Contents
Abstract
Rationale
An Overview of Reading/Writing Workshop Units
Unit: Science - Space Science
Space Science Vocabulary
Space Science – Planetary Focused Note Taking Form
Space Science - Features of Nonfiction Focused Notes
Form
Author Study Focused Notes Form
Unit: Social Studies – Expansion & Change
Expansion & Change - Unit Assignment
Expansion & Change - Unit Vocabulary
Expansion & Change - Roles
Expansion & Change - Your Role Focused Note
Taking Form
Expansion & Change -Role Played Journal Rubric
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Abstract
This Reading/Writing Curriculum Map using AUSSIE for Grade 5 provides an annual overview as well as 2 fully
developed units.
The first unit integrates science content and AUSSIE instructional methodology to address space science. This unit
focuses students on exploring the feature of nonfiction and culminates in a science fair presentation.
The second unit integrates social studies content and AUSSIE instructional methodology to examine expansion and
change in the United States during the late 19 th century. This unit uses journals and diaries to engage students in a
discussion of key issues through role playing.
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Rationale
These units use AUSSIE methods to develop students’ critical thinking by growing ideas and gathering evidence
from a variety of primary and secondary texts. Students will use features of nonfiction and historical fiction to
comprehend content and build background knowledge. Students use their newly acquired understandings and the
writing process to write a meaningful, published work for use in Reader’s Theater and science presentations.
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An Overview of Reading/Writing Workshop Units – Bowling Green Grade 5
Month
September October
November
December
Reading
Exploring Nonfiction Features Through Space
Science
Analyzing Character (Fiction & NonFiction)
Author Study (ie Betsy Byars, Gary Paulsen,
Roald Dahl, Jerry Spinelli, Jean Craighead
George, Jacqueline Woodsong, William
Shakespeare)
January Exploring Expansion & Change in the Late
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19th Century through Journals & Diaries
March
Building Comprehension through Short Texts
& Guided Test Prep
April
Examining World War II through Historical
Fiction (ie Holocaust, Great Depression)
May
Myth & Legends (ie Aztec, Inca & Maya)
June
Biographies
 Poetry integrated in various units throughout the year
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Writing
Feature Articles
Poetry
Writing in an Author’s Style
Journal Writing
DBQs
Newspaper Articles
Informational Picture Book
Autobiography
Unit: Science - Space Science
Reading
Essential Questions
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How do forces affect motion
in the solar system and life on
planet earth?
How does a star’s size and/or
age affect its system?
How have star patterns been
interpreted by humankind?
What celestial bodies make up
our solar system?
How have various types of
tools and technology added to
our knowledge of the
universe?
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Goals for Students
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Develop critical thinking by
growing ideas and gathering
evidence from a variety of
primary & secondary texts
Immerse students in text about
our world, solar system,
galaxy and universe
Notice the features of
nonfiction that help us
understand content & build
background knowledge
Take focused notes to share
during discussions of the
essential questions
September - October
Possible Mini-lessons
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Writing
Goals
Use Forces in Space ESP kit
to have student explore forces
in toys in microgravity
Use Rocks & Minerals ESP
kit to explore the geology of
the Earth & Moon
Use text pp 522-523 and other
resources to create a paper
plate wheel depicting the life
cycle of a star
Research a constellation and
re-tell the myth associated
with it
Use Planetary Focused Note
Taking Form to gather notes
about the planets of the Solar
System
Use sunspotter telescopes to
track sunspots and solar
motion
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Take guided reading notes
Use notes to develop
hypotheses to guide scientific
inquiry and form conclusions
Use content appropriate
vocabulary in lab reporting
and in published writing
related to science
presentations
Use notes to develop wellwritten explanations, labels
and/or captions for your
presentation and visual-aid
Use notes to develop feature
articles addressing essential
questions related to other
groups’ topics incorporating at
least 5 features of nonfiction
Possible Mini-lessons
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Take focused notes using a
graphic organizer/bullet notes
Using Features of Nonfiction
Form, identify features from a
selection of non-fiction books
and explain how they assist
readers
Confer with teacher to revise
initial draft of project
presentation for content and
clarity of explanation
Peer edit reports and visualaids to determine peer
understanding and spelling
Students take focused notes
during the presentations of
other groups and use the notes
to write feature articles to
address the essential questions
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Access information through
reading, writing, listening,
speaking and multimedia
Use text to form hypotheses
and engage in scientific
inquiry
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Note taking
Lab Report
Science Project Presentation
Unit Test
Assessment
Instructional Practices
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Resources
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Interactive Read-Alouds
Conferring during Guided
Reading Groups
Independent Reading
Lab Report Writing
Conferring during Writers’
Workshops
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Science – Scott Foresman (Textbook)
Leveled Readers (Back of Kathy Kane–Pesant’s Room)
Level 1 – Stars & Galaxies by Martin E. Lee
Level 2 – Exploring the Universe by Annie Cambat
Level 3 – Telescopes by Barbara Fierman
Level 1 – Earth in Space by Donna Latham
Level 2 – Earth & its Neighbors by Donna Latham
Level 3 – Moon Landings by Barbara Fierman
Kids Discover Telescopes (LC) Mentor text for features
Reading Safari Magazine Our Solar System (LC) Mentor text
for features
The Sea of Tranquility by Mark Haddon (Read-Aloud)
The Sky’s the Limit by Catherine Timmesh pp.10-13 Dark
Matter (Read-Aloud) (LC)
ESP Kit - Forces in Space (BG Science Lab or Rich Santer)
Bill Nye Gravity (Video)
Bill Nye Moon (Video)
Science Exploration DVD Series (BG Library)
Discovering Space Series (BG Science Lab)
Space Science Vocabulary
Gravity
Sir Isaac Newton
Inertia
Acceleration
Orbits
Rotation
Revolution
Nebula
Supernova
Red Giant
Black Hole
Main Sequence
Sunspots
Constellation
Galaxy
Solar Flares (Prominences)
Corona
Eclipse
Solar Wind
Solar Max
Astronomical Unit
Light Year
Asteroids
Comets
Meteors
Meteorites
Galileo
Refractor
Reflector
Astrolabe
Electro-magnetic Spectrum
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Name: _________________________________________________
Space Science – Planetary Focused Note Taking Form
Planet
Mercury
Distance from the Sun in AU Distance from the Sun in Miles
Gravity at surface in m/s
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto (dwarf planet)
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# of Moons
# of Rings
2 Other interesting Facts
Name: ______________________________________________
Space Science - Features of Nonfiction Focused Notes Form
Feature
How it helps us as readers
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Name: ________________________________________
Author Study Focused Notes Form
Book
Setting
Characters
Problem
Solution
Things You Noticed
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Unit: Social Studies – Expansion & Change
Reading
Essential Questions
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What led to immigrants to
leave their native lands?
How did immigration affect
the westward expansion of
the United States during the
late 1800’s through the early
1900’s?
How did the government
promote this expansion?
What inventions and
developments influenced
change in the United States?
Who are the people who
influenced changes in the
United State during this time
period?
How did these changes allow
the United States to emerge
as a world power?
January - February
Possible Mini-lessons
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Writing
Support students’ note taking
through graphic organizers in
guided reading groups
Topics may include:
- Immigration
- Transportation
- Life on the Great Plains
- Communication
- Native Americans
- Life in Cities
Develop a chronological outline
covering key events during the
time period
Develop a word bank/treasure
chest of content appropriate
vocabulary
Read/Discuss the text to
synthesize understanding of
essential questions and analyze
how the various assigned role
interconnect
Goals for Students
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Develop critical thinking by
growing ideas and gathering
evidence from a variety of
primary & secondary texts
Immerse students in text
about immigration and
westward movement
Take focused notes to share
during discussions of the
essential questions
Access information through
reading, writing, listening,
speaking and multimedia
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Goals
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Take guided reading notes
Use notes to determine
assigned role’s point of view
on the key issues
Use content appropriate
vocabulary
Publish a role played journal
Participate in readers’ theater
performance
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Possible Mini-lessons
Take focused notes using a
graphic organizer/bullet
notes
Use resources to illustrate
journal entries
Confer with teacher to
revise initial draft for
content and voice
Peer edit role played
journals to determine the
use of content appropriate
vocabulary and spelling
Assessment
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Note-taking
Journal presentation
Reader’s Theater
participation
Unit Test
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Instructional Practices
Interactive Read-Alouds
Conferring during Guided
Reading Groups
Independent Reading
Journal Writing
Conferring during Writers’
Workshops
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Resources
The United States – Scott Foresman (Textbook)
Fire at the Triangle Factory by Holly Littlefield (Literacy
Center - LC)
Life in America’s First Cities by Sally Senzell Isaacs (LC)
The Wright Brothers and the History of Aviation –
Cobblestone December 2003 (LC)
New Roads, Canals and Railroads in Early-19th-Century
America by Kurt Ray (LC)
Hour of Freedom: American History in Poetry compiled
by Milton Meltzer (LC)
My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States selected
by Lee Bennett Hopkins (LC)
Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman
Ten Mile Day by Mary Ann Fraser (Read-Aloud)
Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell (Read-Aloud)
Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama (Read-Aloud)
The Journal of Sean Sullivan by William Durbin
The Great Railroad Race by Kristina Gregory
Great Locomotive Chase (Walt Disney Video)
Felicity (American Girl Tales Video)
Expansion & Change
Unit Assignment
Your have been assigned the role of _________________________. You will research your role while working
with the ___________________ group.
Your task is to gather information about your role using the Focused Note Taking Form in your Focus Group as
well as independent research. In your focus group you will take notes from both historic fiction and non-fiction
books.
You will use your notes to create a Role Played Journal and a visual aid for use during your journal presentation.
You may also wish to dress as your role would have during the late 19th century.
Your journal will be graded based on your accurate depiction of your role, your use of content appropriate
vocabulary, your understanding of issues affecting your role and this period of history, the effort put forth in the
creation of your visual-aid and your ability to respond to questions from your audience.
Following your journal presentation you will be re-grouped to create a Readers’ Theater based on a Key Issue
facing people in the late 19th century.
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Expansion & Change Unit Vocabulary
Pony Express
Telegraph
Transcontinental Railroad
Time Zones
Homestead Act
Homesteaders
Sodbusters
Exodusters
Cattle Drives
Barbed Wire
Great Plains
Sitting Bull
Black Hills
Reservation
Battle of Little Big Horn
Interdependence
Corporation
Monopoly
Prejudice
Tenements
Settlement house
Labor Unions
Samuel Gompers
Rough Riders
Buffalo Soldiers
Strike
Spanish American War
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Expansion & Change Roles
George Shima
Chinese Immigrant in California
Farmer in Missouri
Farmer in Kansas
Freed Slave
Surveyor
Sodbuster
Cattle Rancher
Cowboy
Jesse James
Wyatt Earp
General Store Owner
Native American Chief
Buffalo Bill
Annie Oakley
Crazy Horse
US Calvary Officer
Pony Express Rider
Telegraph operator
Train Engineer
Railroad Conductor
Railroad Tycoon
Prospector
John Philip Souza
US Congressman
Lewis Lattimer
Union Worker
Teddy Roosevelt
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Andrew Carnegie
Jane Addams
Coal Miner
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Name: _______________________________________________________________________
Expansion & Change - Your Role Focused Note Taking Form
Biographical
Information of
Your Role
Describe your
Life &
Conditions?
How Does
Your Role Feel
About US
Expansion?
How Is Your
Life Changing?
What
Problems Do
You Face?
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Role Played Journal Rubric
Presenter’s Name:____________________________________________
Role Played: ________________________________________________
Accuracy of Depiction of Role
0-25
Use of Content Appropriate Vocabulary
0-25
Sufficient Information Provided
0-15
Demonstration of Understanding of the Role Depicted
and Issues Facing Your Role
Visual Aid Provided to Enhance Presentation (ie
maps, charts, models costume etc)
Response to Audience Questions
0-15
Total Score: _________
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