Week 4-Lesson 24 Reading Selections and Mzee” (Lexile Level 880) “Owen Sanctuary” (Lexile 790) “Sea Big Idea: Changes in the environment can pose problems for animals. Reading Literature and Informational Text Strategies and Skills Needed to Access Standards Performance Task RI.4.4-Determine the meaning of general academic and Compare and Contrast On p. 727 the authors attribute Owen’s ability to create a domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a Fact and Opinion new, happy life to his remarkable resilience. Based on grade 4 topic or subject area. Author’s Word Choice evidence from the text, how would you define the word RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence Analyze/Evaluate Write a paragraph in which you agree or “resilience?” to support particular points in a text. disagree with the author’s opinion that Owen displays Learning Targets (I Can…) remarkable resilience. Be sure to cite evidence from the text Use evidence from the text to make appropriate inferences to support your opinion. (RI.4.4) Related Science Standards and predictions. GLE 0407.5.1 Analyze physical and behavioral Recognize and describe the text structure an author uses to Other Performance Assessments adaptations that enable organisms to survive in their organize text. Compare and contrast graphic organizers environment. Determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and academic Journeys Comprehension Weekly Tests and Periodic language in context. Assessments Cite evidence from the text to explain what happened in a Written summary text. Teacher-made assessment of skills from a fresh read in Use information from two texts on the same subject. testing format District common assessment Anecdotal evidence from classroom discussion and teacher observation Sample MICA Items for RI.4.5 Create an assessment using Question IDs 44784 and 44792 Text-Dependent Questions Why couldn’t the rescuers release Owen into the wild? (key details) Why do healthy environments need to contain both predators and prey? (key details) What is puzzling about the friendship between Owen and Mzee? (general understandings)
Week 4-Lesson 24 Reading Selections “Owen and Mzee” (Lexile Level 880) “Sea Sanctuary” (Lexile 790) Big Idea: Changes in the environment can pose problems for animals. Reading Literature and Informational Text RI.4.4-Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area. RI.4.8- Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. Related Science Standards GLE 0407.5.1 Analyze physical and behavioral adaptations that enable organisms to survive in their environment. Strategies and Skills Needed to Access Standards Compare and Contrast Fact and Opinion Author’s Word Choice Analyze/Evaluate Learning Targets (I Can…) Use evidence from the text to make appropriate inferences and predictions. Recognize and describe the text structure an author uses to organize text. Determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and academic language in context. Cite evidence from the text to explain what happened in a text. Use information from two texts on the same subject. Performance Task On p. 727 the authors attribute Owen’s ability to create a new, happy life to his remarkable resilience. Based on evidence from the text, how would you define the word “resilience?” Write a paragraph in which you agree or disagree with the author’s opinion that Owen displays remarkable resilience. Be sure to cite evidence from the text to support your opinion. (RI.4.4) Other Performance Assessments Compare and contrast graphic organizers Journeys Comprehension Weekly Tests and Periodic Assessments Written summary Teacher-made assessment of skills from a fresh read in testing format District common assessment Anecdotal evidence from classroom discussion and teacher observation Sample MICA Items for RI.4.5 Create an assessment using Question IDs 44784 and 44792 Text-Dependent Questions Why couldn’t the rescuers release Owen into the wild? (key details) Why do healthy environments need to contain both predators and prey? (key details) What is puzzling about the friendship between Owen and Mzee? (general understandings)
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