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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 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 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. 3 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. 4 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 February 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 5 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 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? Goals for Students 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 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 6 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 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 Access information through reading, writing, listening, speaking and multimedia Use text to form hypotheses and engage in scientific inquiry Note taking Lab Report Science Project Presentation Unit Test Assessment Instructional Practices Resources Interactive Read-Alouds Conferring during Guided Reading Groups Independent Reading Lab Report Writing Conferring during Writers’ Workshops 7 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 8 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) 9 # of Moons # of Rings 2 Other interesting Facts Name: ______________________________________________ Space Science - Features of Nonfiction Focused Notes Form Feature How it helps us as readers 10 Name: ________________________________________ Author Study Focused Notes Form Book Setting Characters Problem Solution Things You Noticed 11 Unit: Social Studies – Expansion & Change Reading Essential Questions 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 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 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 12 Goals 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 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 Note-taking Journal presentation Reader’s Theater participation Unit Test Instructional Practices Interactive Read-Alouds Conferring during Guided Reading Groups Independent Reading Journal Writing Conferring during Writers’ Workshops 13 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. 14 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 15 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 16 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? 17 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: _________ 18 0-15 0-10