2009Friendship

=Third Grade Unit 1: Friendship= http://oakridgethirdgrade.wikispaces.com/Friendship2009 Students will be able to describe the qualities and nature of friendship as shown by their work as a grade-level on a multimedia presentation (VoiceThread) that will be a portfolio of what questions they have, and what they have learned about friendship.
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * //What relevant goals (e.g. content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes) will this design address?//**

1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies Students listen critically and respond appropriately to oral communication. They speak in a manner that guides the listener to understand important ideas by using proper phrasing, pitch, and modulation. //Comprehension// 1.1 Retell, paraphrase, and explain what has been said by a speaker. 1.2 Connect and relate prior experiences, insights, and ideas to those of a speaker. 1.3 Respond to questions with appropriate elaboration. || //Students will understand that. . .// Friendship is made up of feelings, actions, and words. • **What specific understandings about them are desired?** How do you make friends? How do you keep friends? How do your resolve conflicts? Just focusing on the initial stage of friendship and not understanding it is an ongoing process, and that friends never have conflicts. || ===Essential Questions:=== How do you make and keep friends?** What questions do you have about friendship. || Vocabulary: friend, friendship, conflict, relationship, actions, feelings, communication || Friendship is work, but there are actions and skills you can use to make and keep friends Better conflict resolution and quality of friendship. || ====//Students will be able to know. . .//==== • Through what authentic performance tasks will students demonstrate the desired understandings? The grade level will complete a VoiceThread that includes visual representations of friendship, questions about friendship, and answers to those questions. • By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged? A rubric to assess will be developed. || ===Other Evidence:=== • Through what other evidence (e.g. quizzes, tests, academic prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? • How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? || Objective explore the unit concepts of friendship Topic Goal picking out seven photos that show friendship as a class. Into/Intro watch Yo, Yes video Activity look at photos on flickr tagged with "friend" then choose at least 7 to add to our VoiceThread as an example of friendship. Objective2 understand the unit concepts of friendship. Topic2 explaining why the pictures we picked last time relate to friendship. Goal2 explaining why the pictures we picked last time relate to friendship. Into/Intro2 watch Making Friends video Activity2 answer questions from the teacher about the pictures in pairs or alone Objective explore the unit concepts of friendship Topic Goal asking questions about friendship to think and learn more about the topic Into/Intro watch Weekend with Wendell video Activity come up with at least five questions as a class about friendship Objective2 explore the unit concepts of friendship Topic2 Goal2 asking questions about friendship to think and learn more about the topic Into/Intro2 watch Tutenstein video Activity2 finish up questions about friendship Objective apply concepts about friendship Topic Goal answer questions we came up with about friendship Into/Intro watch Monty, and review questions on VoiceThread Activity go in pairs or alone with teacher to answer questions we came up with last week. Objective2 Understand concepts about friendship. Topic2 Goal2 apply concepts about friendship Into/Intro2 Activity2 finish up answering questions about friendship. Objective apply concepts about friendship Topic Goal reflecting on what we've learned Into/Intro watch Red Shoes Activity add final comments to our VoiceThread Objective2 apply concepts about friendship. Topic2 Goal2 reflecting on what we've learned Into/Intro2 watch Red Shoes Activity2 add final comments to our VoiceThread || rss url="http://www.diigo.com/rss/user/Mizmercer/3unit1" link="true" number="20" ||
 * California State Language Arts Standard: Listening and Speaking**
 * ===Understandings:===
 * • What are the big ideas?**
 * • What misunderstandings are predictable?**
 * • What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning?
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * • What background knowledge and skills will students need to have or be brought up to speed on and how will this be done?**
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * • What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?**
 * • What should they eventually be able to so as a result of such knowledge and skills?**
 * **Think of these as secondary skills / content** ||
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
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 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
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