Standards and Activities

M5.U1.A2

Standards and Activities

I will be doing my student teaching in South Korea. In my current situation, I will not have one particular grade that I will work with and stay with the entire time. I will be working with children from Grade 1 to Grade 5 however, I wish to become a Grade 5 teacher in the future.  So in this unit I will be focusing on the Grade 5 common core.

Below is the standard that I will be working with.

I chose this standard because I like to hear what the students are thinking. In writing activities, you get a chance to see the students creativity. With this particular standard, I will get the chance to see how they reason and how they will formulate an opinion on a certain subject matter.

Proficiencies:

1. The students will be able to formulate their own opinion on a topic or text.
2. The students will be able to support their topic or text with facts.
3. The students will learn how to combine their opinion with facts.

Assessments:

1. Each student will formulate an opinion.
2. They will then find facts that support their opinion.
3. They will write a rough draft that combines their opinions with facts.
4. Lastly, they will write a final copy that includes the topic/text, why they have their opinion, and then how that opinion is supported with facts.

Learning experiences / Activities:

1. The teacher will start with what is an opinion?
1. Next the teacher will go through different scenarios and ask the students to tell the class their opinion. The teacher will have multiple scenarios ready in case the students are shy.
2. The teacher can also hand out an argumentative kids article or story and then once they have finished they can talk about what they read and what their opinions are.
2. Once the students choose what they what to write about they will then list all of the things that they can think of to support their opinion. (more of a list at this point - before they start writing)
3. Next the students will go to the library and/or the computer lab and look up books/information about their topics.
1. The teacher will be able to walk around and help the students find what information they need.
2. Also, before they do this assignment the teacher will have already showed them how to research things on the internet or in the library.
4. The students will review their research and highlight their facts they want to use. Once they have put together their opinions and facts they will make a rough draft.
5. Once the teacher has read and corrected the rough drafts they will then begin their final drafts.